[AFP] The US military is now conducting cyber attacks on the Islamic State (IS) group, a general has confirmed, as the Pentagon looks to accelerate the fight against the jihadists.A US-led coalition of warplanes has been striking IS targets in Iraq and Syria since August 2014, and officials have long stated the importance of using cyber techniques such as overloading IS networks to limit the group’s communications and ability to reach potential new recruits.
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