> US needs to impose ‘real costs’ on bad actors, State Department cyber official says
[DATE: 13/02/2026 14:28]
[LANGUAGE: EN]
At the Munich Cyber Security Conference, senior U.S. officials signaled that a defensive cyber crouch is giving way to something closer to Cold War–style deterrence — an effort to convince adversaries that the costs of hacking the United States will outweigh the benefits.