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TRANSCOM Combating High Level Of Cyber Attacks

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, February 29th, 2012

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U.S. Transportation Command (TRANSCOM) has beefed up its effort to counter cyber threats after being subjected to a high level of attacks in recent years, the chief of the command said yesterday. Air Force Gen. William Fraser said there was a 30 percent increase in cyber-attacks on TRANSCOM from 2010 to 2011, and the command is working closely with its commercial partners to curtail the attacks. “We are aggressively attacked,” he told the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC). Fraser attributed…

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