Mark 13:8 Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.
Editor’s Note: In May 2011, the Wall Street Journal published an article titled “Pentagon: Cyber Attacks Can Count as Acts of War.” The article began, “The Pentagon has concluded that computer sabotage coming from another country can constitute an act of war, a finding that for the first time opens the door for the U.S. to respond using traditional military force.”
The Pentagon has announced a huge expansion of their Cyber Command division as the number of attacks on U.S. government computer networks skyrocket.
The news comes amid reports of a successful attack on a Saudi oil company that destroyed 30,000 computers.
The current U.S. Cyber Command employs only 900 staff members (both military and civilian) to fend off the attacks facing government organizations, power and water utilities and transportation grids. The Pentagon is approving the hiring of 4,000 more employees.
“We’ve got good people that are involved in it, but, very frankly,” Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said, “if we’re going to stay on the cutting edge of what’s happening with regards to the changes that are occurring, we have got to invest more in that area.”
The move comes as the Defense Department is cutting budgets across the board.
