Dive Summary:

• The Pentagon plans to add more than 4,000 people to the Defense Department's Cyber Command in an effort to combat the growing number of cyberattacks against the country.
• The Pentagon is planning three different operations under the initiative, including beefing up forces that protect the computer systems of the electric grid and infrastructure, developing offensive attacks on adversaries considered threats, and protecting the Pentagon's own computer systems.
• Defense officials said they were becoming more convinced that a summer computer attack on oil company Saudi Aramco came from Iran and also believe that China and Russia have been responsible for cyberattacks on U.S. companies and government agencies.

From the article:

Increasing the Defense Department's Cyber Command by more than 4,000, well above today's level of 900, will be a challenge, a New York Times article quoted defense officials as saying. The department said officials know that recruiting, training and retaining that many qualified people will be a difficult chore.

But, as William J. Lynn III, a former deputy defense secretary, said, "The threat is real and we need to react to it." ...