Federal cyber officials call for more U.S. ‘aggression’ in ongoing cyber ‘hybrid war’

Current and former senior federal cybersecurity officials said Tuesday that the U.S. is engaged in a “hybrid war” in cyberspace with nation-state foes such as Russia and China, with Defense Intelligence Agency Director Robert Ashley adding that the U.S. is not “aggressive enough” in cyberspace against adversaries.

“We find ourselves wondering amid all the information that comes out, where is the truth,” Ashley said while speaking at the Zero Day conference at the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington, DC....