With Drone Strike On ISIS Hacker U.S. Escalates Its Response To Cyber Attacks

On August 28, the United States admitted to carrying out an airstrike, widely reported to have come from a drone, which killed an ISIS hacker by the name of Junaid Hussain. He was killed in Syria four days earlier on August 24. This strike represents the latest escalation in the United States’ evolving response to cyber attacks.