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Now the Defense Department is specifically calling out the Communist country as one of the great crooks of the modern era, choosing criminal activity over intellectual accomplishment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That&#8217;s just one of the major points made in the Department of Defense Cyber Strategy report, released in April. Stated the report: &#8220;China steals intellectual property (IP) from global businesses to benefit Chinese companies and undercut U.S. competitiveness.&#8221; The report goes on to say: &#8220;Because they broke the law and to deter China from conducting future cyber espionage, the Justice Department indicted five members of the People&#8217;s Liberation Army for stealing U.S. intellectual property to directly benefit Chinese companies.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 33-page report is a shot across the bow of China and other cyber adversaries like Russia, Iran and North Korea \u2014 putting those nations on notice that the U.S. will proactively engage in offensive cyber operations against these outliers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are some additional details on what the report says about cyberwarfare:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>&#8220;If directed, DoD should be able to use cyber operations to disrupt an adversary&#8217;s command-and-control networks, military-related critical infrastructure, and weapons capabilities.&#8221;<\/li><li>&#8220;There may be times when the president or the secretary of defense may determine that it would be appropriate for the U.S. military to conduct cyber operations to disrupt an adversary&#8217;s military-related networks or infrastructure so that the U.S. military can protect U.S. interests in an area of operations. 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