By Franz-Stefan Gady
In a recent speech, the head of the NSA notes that the U.S. will retaliate against malicious actors in cyberspace.
The chief of U.S. Cyber Command reiterated that the United States will step up its active cyber defense postures in order to deter attacks on U.S. critical information infrastructure.
During his speech at George Washington University, Navy Admiral Michael Rogers, who also heads the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), emphasized that hackers will “pay a price” that “will far outweigh the benefit” should they target the United States.
Specifically talking about the cyberattacks on Sony Pictures (see: “US Sony Hack Response: A Message to China?”), Rogers explained his rationale behind “naming and shaming” North Korea — the alleged perpetrator — over the hack.
The whole world was aware that Sony Corporation had suffered an offensive act that destroyed data as well as destroyed hardware. What concerned me was, given the fact that this is a matter of public record, if we don’t publicly acknowledge it, if we don’t attribute it, and if we don’t talk about what we’re going to do in response to the activity … I don’t want anyone watching thinking we have not tripped a red line, that this is in the realm of the acceptable.
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