U.S. Cyber Command is expanding operations to combat hackers, disinformation

FILE - This June 6, 2013 file photo shows the National Security Administration (NSA) campus in Fort Meade, Md., where the US Cyber Command is located. U.S. officials tell The Associated Press that the military has launched a newly aggressive campaign of cyberattacks against Islamic State militants. It’s a targeted effort to erode the group’s abilities to use social media and the Internet to recruit fighters and inspire followers. Defense Secretary Ash Carter met with commanders at Fort Meade, Maryland, last month, prodding them to ramp up the anti-Islamic State fight on the cyber front. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)