U.S. lists offensive cyberattacks in counterterrorism strategy

Offensive cyber operations would be a part of a suite of counterterrorism responses aimed at groups deemed threats to U.S. interests, according to the Trump administration’s counterterrorism strategy that was released Wednesday.

Counter-terror activities against state actors “include offensive cyber operations against those planning to kill Americans or who support those plotting to do so,” the strategy reads.

The framework, more broadly, specifically lists narcoterrorists and transnational gangs, legacy Islamic terrorist groups and “violent left-wing extremists, including anarchists and anti-fascists” as the main entities threatening the nation.

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