El ej\u00e9rcito EEUU enviar\u00e1 pronto equipos de ciberguerreros al campo de batalla, dijeron funcionarios, mientras se busca cada vez m\u00e1s tomar la ofensiva contra redes de computadoras enemigas.<\/p>\n
While the Army’s mission is generally to “attack and destroy,” the cyber troops have a slightly different goal, said Colonel Robert Ryan, who commands a Hawaii-based combat team.<\/p>\n
“Not everything is destroy. How can I influence by non-kinetic means? How can I reach up and create confusion and gain control?” he told reporters.<\/p>\n
The cyber soldiers have been integrated for six months in infantry units, and will tailor operations according to commanders’ needs, said Colonel William Hartman of the Army’s Cyber Command.<\/p>\n
The Army has for the past three years conducted training for such operations at a huge center in southern California.<\/p>\n
Hartman didn’t give details on what the cyber troops can achieve, except to say that they would be scooping up information or intercepting planned attacks.<\/p>\n
According to the New York Times, CYBERCOM has previously placed “implants” in\u00a0Islamic State group networks<\/a>\u00a0that let experts monitor the group’s behavior and ultimately imitate or alter commanders’ messages so they unwittingly direct fighters to areas likely to be hit by drone or plane strikes.<\/p>\n Another technique likely being employed is a common type of cyber attack known as a\u00a0denial of service<\/a>.<\/p>\n Cyber Command had previously been a subordinate part of the US Strategic Command, but President Donald Trump in August ordered the Pentagon to\u00a0elevate it to its own command<\/a>, in a sign of its growing importance.<\/p>\n