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A U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) task force has conducted “its first offensive cyber effect operation against real-life cyber threats.” Details of the operation have not been published, but the military says offensive cyberspace operations are “intended to project power by the application of force in or through cyberspace.” News of the operation, conducted by USCYBERCOM’s Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF) from February to August 2021, came in a news release from the Maryland Air National Guard’s 175th Cyber Operations Group, which took part in the mission. “USCYBERCOM’s CNMF plans, directs and synchronizes full-spectrum cyberspace operations to deter, disrupt and, if…
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