deputy secretary of defense william lynn revealed today that one invasion by an unspecified foreign government led to the theft of 24,000 files of sensitive data in march, from a defense industry computer network. lynn said the attack underscored the need for the pentagon's new "strategy for operating in cyberspace" released today. among the initiatives it outlines: use new methods to defend the military's vast networks and systems and work with the government and private sectors and international partners to improve security. lynn said the u.s. reserves the right to respond with conventional weapons to a grave cyber attack, but that the strategy's focus lies elsewhere. >> rather than rely on the threat of retaliation alone to deter attacks in cyberspace, we aim to change our adversaries incentives in a more fundamental way. if an attack will not have its intended effect, those who wish us harm will have less reason to target us through cyberspace in the first place. >> suarez: a cyber command was established two years ago, but the pentagon and obama administration have sought to de-emphasize

deputy defense secretary william lynn says all the data was taken in a single intrusion in march officials blame an unspecified foreign government and comes after revealing a new internet strategy which treats cyberspace as operational terrain like land air and sea. thousands of pro-government libyans have rallied in a town west of tripoli to express support for colonel gadhafi and to demand that nato stops its military campaign meanwhile rebels are converting factories into arms workshops to build weapons from scratch as they struggle from lack of them else word to libya contact group of nations arab countries and other states is meeting in turkey to find a political solution to the five months long conflict. mexico's biggest ever of marijuana plantation has been discovered by authorities two hundred fifty kilometers south of the us border it covers one hundred twenty actors and is watered by an advanced irrigation system last year investigators found a tunnel running from mexico to the u.s. that was fitted out with a winding ventilation and a railway to transport drugs also uncovered for

largest a sucker attacks with thousands of sensitive defense phone stolen deputy defense secretary william lynn says all the data was taken in a single intrusion in march officials blame an unspecified foreign government and comes off the revealing a new internet strategy which treats cyberspace as operational terrain like land and sea. senior officials from some forty countries are meeting in istanbul to discuss libya and to try to find a political solution to the five month long conflict they will assess the road map for peace in libya as proposed by turkey meanwhile thousands of pro-government libyans have rallied in the town west of tripoli to express support for colonel gadhafi and to demand that nato stops its military campaign. revolution coalitions across egypt are taking to the streets to protest the interim government's performance since the uprising threw former president mubarak from power that demanding be immediate departure of the interim prime minister and establishment of new democratic institutions coalitions hope to bring a million people onto the capital streets after friday

the confirmation came today in a speech in washington by deputy secretary of defense william lynn. >> to date, malicious cyber activity has been directed at nearly every sector of our infrastructure and economy. our national security correspondent david martin has been investigating and hi managed to get the first television camera ever into the pentagon's command center that defends against computer attacks. david also spoke to deputy secretary lynn about the information that's been lost. >> reporter: the joint strike fighter is the pentagon's high- priced ticket to air superiority for the 21st century. except four months ago the designs for that and other sophisticated weapons were stolen from defense industry computers by hackers-- 24,000 files in all. >> designs of satellites, u.a.v.s-- unmanned aerial vehicles-- cutting-edge military technology. >> reporter: is somebody out there robbing us blind? >> there are a lot of people out there taking a lot of information. >> reporter: lynn told cbs news the u.s. is still not sure who stole the data, although the most likely suspects are

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william land unveiled the plan on thursday in a speech at the national defense university in washington. >> the department is treating cyberspace as an operational domain like land, sea, air, and spas. >> lynn says that his department will promote research and development of a new technology to boost u.s. military capabilities in cyberspace. he also promised to train more personnel to defend computer networks from hackers. he said close links with the military including defense contractors and power utilities will also be protected. lynn recalled one intrusion in march when some 24,000 files were chosen from the network of a defense company. he blamed the foreign government but did not elaborate. >>> south korean officials say the succession in north korea is creating dialogue. government officials in the south say the north power struggle is intense fig as leader kim jong-il transfers authority to his son and heir apparent, kim jong eun. they say he is pointing aides. south korean newspaper reported on friday that the north had purged 30 officials who took part in or supervised the inter-korean talks. the south fears that north could conduct another nuclear test and provocative acts and it