White House Advisor: Use of Term Cyberwar 'Terrible'

White House Advisor: Use Of Term Cyberwar 'Terrible'

According to Mr. Schmidt [White House cybersecurity coordinator], securing the information superhighway involves too many factors to be lumped into a single bucket. Resolving online criminality like identity theft should be treated differently than protecting the electric grid from sabotage by foreign powers or online espionage, but war-like rhetoric may threaten the U.S.'s ability to deal with any of these issues effectively, he warned.

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