Pentagon gets cyberwar guidelines

Pentagon gets cyberwar guidelines

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has signed executive orders that lay out how far military commanders around the globe can go in using cyberattacks and other computer-based operations against enemies and as part of routine espionage in other countries. The orders detail when the military must seek presidential approval for a specific cyber assault on an enemy and weave cyber capabilities into U.S. war fighting strategy, defense officials and cyber security experts told The Associated Press. Signed more than a month ago, the orders cap a two-year Pentagon effort to draft U.S. rules of the road for cyber warfare, and come as the U.S. begins to work with allies on global ground rules. The guidelines are much like those that govern the use of other weapons of war, from nuclear bombs to missiles to secret surveillance, the officials said.

Looks like the military is going to start recruiting nerds now. Now the military will be wanting money for supercomputers.

The internet has been around for ages, I'm positive they've had a few "nerds" working for them for years. Military WANTING a supercomputer? They probably have several already.