{"id":60445,"date":"2021-05-12T23:23:09","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T23:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/05\/12\/us-should-consider-irregular-warfare-response-to-pipeline-hack-gallego\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T11:20:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T11:20:33","slug":"us-should-consider-irregular-warfare-response-to-pipeline-hack-gallego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2021\/05\/12\/us-should-consider-irregular-warfare-response-to-pipeline-hack-gallego\/","title":{"rendered":"US should consider \u2018irregular warfare\u2019 response to pipeline hack: Gallego"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. should consider an irregular warfare response to the hacking attack on a key gasoline pipeline if a link to Russia can be established, the chairman of the newly formed House Armed Services Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/armedservices.house.gov\/intelligence-and-special-operations\" target=\"_blank\">Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations<\/a> told a special operations forces forum Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAbsolutely,\u201d said Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz, when asked if he would support a \u201cproportional irregular warfare response\u201d to cyber attacks on U.S. infrastructure if \u201cwe determine who\u2019s responsible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gallego, a Marine veteran, was speaking to the <a href=\"https:\/\/gsof.org\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\">Global SOF Foundation<\/a>\u2019s SOF Imperatives Roundtable, a virtual event held by the Tampa, Florida-based professional association advocating for SOF globally. Gallego\u2019s answer to the question about how to respond to the Colonial Pipeline hack came after suggesting that U.S. special operations forces train the Vietnamese military on irregular warfare tactics to counter any Chinese aggression.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/03\/14\/us-prepared-to-strike-back-against-cyberattacks-amid-report-of-naval-systems-breaches\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19072763829378.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US prepared to strike back against cyberattacks amid report of naval systems breaches<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Cyberattacks from Russia, China, North Korea and Iran are increasingly sophisticated and, until recently, were done with little concern for the consequences, the top Pentagon cyber leaders told a congressional committee on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Colonial Pipeline, the biggest fuel pipeline in the U.S., delivering about 45 percent of what is consumed on the East Coast, was hit on Friday with a cyberattack by hackers who lock up computer systems and demand a ransom to release them, according to the Associated Press. The attack is blamed on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/cyber\/2020\/12\/14\/reported-russian-hack-of-us-systems-has-implications-for-dod-network-security-plans\/\" target=\"_blank\">a Russia-linked criminal network<\/a> and roundtable moderator Mark Mitchell, former acting defense secretary for special operations\/low intensity conflict, asked Gallego how the U.S. should respond if responsibility is determined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt was a cyber criminal organization that lives in Russia, but Russia harbors then won\u2019t extradite them and, at the same time, Russia uses them for when it is best \u2014 when it\u2019s good for their interests,\u201d said Gallego. \u201cSo they may not have directed this cyber ransom \u2014 that\u2019s happening right now \u2014 but they certainly are culpable in that sense because they\u2019re not letting us get to them. So if that\u2019s the way they want to play, then, yes: we should respond in-kind and in an irregular warfare manner.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/newsletters\/daily-brief\/2020\/12\/14\/reported-russian-hack-of-us-systems-has-implications-for-dod-network-security-plans\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Pentagon-Building-GettyImages-104684801.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Reported Russian hack of US systems has implications for DoD network security plans<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The breach highlights security risks posed by third-party vendors.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Gallego never specified exactly what an irregular warfare response would be, it is defined as favoring \u201cindirect and asymmetric approaches, though it may employ the full range of military and other capabilities, in order to erode an adversary\u2019s power, influence, and will,\u201d according to a 2007 Pentagon document.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIrregular warfare doesn\u2019t necessarily mean that the struggle by a state or non-state actor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/Explore\/News\/Article\/Article\/2449995\/defense-officials-discuss-special-operations-irregular-warfare-initiatives\/\">has to involve violence<\/a>, although it can,\u201d David Stephenson \u2014 who, until January, was director of the Joint Chiefs of Staff\u2019s office of irregular warfare \u2014 said in 2018. \u201cIt could also include influencing populations through propaganda or intimidation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gallego said a response in-kind is warranted if Russia doesn\u2019t stop the hackers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf they want to hack U.S. systems, and the Russian government allows them to continue to do it, I think it\u2019s something that we should be able to escalate back in that regard,\u201d said Gallego. \u201cWe\u2019re not going to shut down a pipeline in the middle of the winter and kill a bunch of them, but we have to show that we have the capability and the willingness to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a 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