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Pentagon on Cybersecurity Force: Quintuple It

900-member Cyber Command will soon be 5 times larger

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 28, 2013 12:36 PM CST

(Newser) – Last year, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned of a "cyber Pearl Harbor"; now, the Pentagon is preparing for a digital battlefield. It's ballooning its Cyber Command from 900 people to a 4,900-strong combination of troops and civilians, the Washington Post reports—even...   Read full story »

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