Since at least 1997, the National Security Agency (NSA) has been responsible for developing ways to attack hostile computer networks as part of the growing
field of Information Warfare (IW), according to a recently declassified internal NSA publication posted today by the non-governmental National Security
Archive ("the Archive") at The George Washington University. Declaring that "the future of warfare is warfare in cyberspace," a former NSA official
describes the new activity as "sure to be a catalyst for major change" at the super-secret agency.
The document is one of 98 items the Archive is posting today that provide wide-ranging background on the nature and scope of U.S. cyber activities.
