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McCaul Statement on U.S. Military Social Media Hack

Statement

Date: Jan. 12, 2015
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: National Security Defense

Today, U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on the cyberattack on the social media accounts of the U.S. military's Central Command:

Chairman McCaul: "As I have repeatedly warned in the past, extremists are developing the capability to conduct cyberattacks against U.S. interests and those of our allies. The fact that individuals claiming to be affiliated with ISIS took control of the U.S. military's Central Command's social media accounts today is severely disturbing. Assaults from cyber-jihadists will become more common unless the administration develops a strategy for appropriately responding to these cyberattacks--including those like the North Korea attack against Sony. Without laying out the rules of the game for offensive responses and having direct consequences, cyber threats and intrusions from our adversaries will continue and escalate."


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