Cyber Command deployed personnel on 22 missions in 17 countries last year, commander says
Published on April 12, 2024
The Pentagon’s Cyber Command deployed its digital force in “hunt forward” missions 22 times to 17 countries in 2023, according to testimony delivered to the Senate Armed Services Committee by command leader Lt. Gen. Timothy Haugh.
The missions were designed to root out hackers and slow adversaries’ cyber operations while gaining important defensive insights for future cyber war, Haugh said, adding that the operations led to the release of some 90 malware samples for analysis in the cybersecurity community.