WASHINGTON—Adversaries attack the U.S. Army’s computer network hundreds of thousands of times every day, according to Lt. Gen. Paul Nakasone, head of the U.S. Army Cyber Command.
Nakasone did not reveal the exact sources of these attacks, but said that the attackers employ various hacking and phishing methods in their attempts to infiltrate the Army’s network.
Neither the Pentagon nor the U.S. Cyber Command, which encompasses the U.S. Army Cyber Command, publish detailed reports regarding cyberattacks on the U.S. military. Nakasone’s comment, given at Defense One’s annual summit in Washington on July 13, offers a rare glance at the extent to which U.S. adversaries have been attempting to infiltrate the military’s critical network.
We have to be right every single time. The attacker only has to be right once.
