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“What we’re finding, though, in recent times is that ransomware is a national security imperative as well," Maj. Gen. Kevin Kennedy, director of operations for US Cyber Command, said.
It would be a mistake to conclude that the war in Ukraine undermines the notion that cyber operations are a critical part of modern warfare.
>> during today's hearings, the head of u.s. cyber command expressed surprise at the lack of cyberattacks coming from russia so far. the director of national intelligence testified that she expects russia will find it, quote, especially challenging to hold control of territory or to install a pro russian regime in ukraine. but even though things are so far not going as planned for putin, intelligence officials do not believe that the russian leader will give up anytime soon. the cia director, william burns, who is himself a former u.s. ambassador to russia, testified that he believes vladimir ...
There are two other big elements to this. one is a cyber component. u.s. cyber command is dispatched, mission teams out there, presumably go after the russian communications and their ability to operate, and then, of course, there's this debate about whether or not poland could lend or give ukraine these fighters and whether russia would view nato as having fully entered the conflict, which is something president biden has been trying to avoid. >> so, general, on david's reporting about the 20,000 anti-tank anti-aircraft weapons that have been pushed in, on top of this conversation now about p...
Men between 18 and 60 are required to stay in ukraine and fight. meanwhile, today in washington, the leaders of america's intelligence community testified on capitol hill, giving their latest assessment of vladimir putin's invasion of ukraine. those officials painted a picture of a russian government that is unsettled. unsettled by the strength of the ukrainian resistance. unsettled by the coordination between western governments, and unsettled by the early failures of russian's own military. >> putin has come into, privately and publicly he -- doesn't believe ukraine's a real country. he was ...