Defense Secretary nominee Ashton Carter told the Senate Committee on Armed Services that an act of cyberwarfare is defined as a cyberattack on critical infrastructure, the economy or U.S. military operations.
However, Mr. Carter said he did not think the North Korean cyberattack against Sony Pictures Entertainment reached the level of an act of war.
"I believe that what is termed an act of war should follow the same practice as in other domains, because it is the seriousness, not the means, of an attack that matters most," he said in written answers to questions posed by the committee and released Wednesday. "Whether a particular attack is considered an ‘act of war,’ in or out of cyberspace, requires a determination on a case-by-case and fact-specific basis."
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