Pentagon Denies That Hegseth Halted US Cyber Operations Against Russia

The Department of Defense denied claims in anonymously sourced media reports that Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth had stopped U.S. cyber operations against Russia. In a statement posted on social media platform X on March 4, the Pentagon’s rapid response team wrote that the secretary “has neither canceled nor delayed any cyber operations directed against malicious Russian targets and there has been no stand-down order whatsoever from that priority.” The account reposted a link to a Bloomberg News report published earlier this week that cited an unnamed senior Pentagon official who said U.S. offensive cyber actions against Russia have not stopped despite a claim by a cybersecurity publication....