Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered U.S. Cyber Command to refrain from all planning against Russia, which includes cyber offensive actions, The Record first reported.
According to three sources familiar with the matter and speaking on condition of anonymity, Hegseth gave the order to Gen. Timothy Haugh, Cyber Command chief. Haugh, in turn, advised the department’s outgoing director of operations Marine Corp Maj. Gen. Ryan Heritage of the change in strategy.
Sources said the order does not apply to the National Security Agency, which Haugh also leads, nor to its signals intelligence operations targeting Russia. According to The Record, the directive may disrupt some of Cyber Command’s most critical missions, including those in Ukraine.
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