The New York Times = claims that secret was revised to U.S. rules regarding weapons of cyberwar available to the country, and that in that review concluded that President Barack Obama has the authority to order preventive cyberattacks if detects "credible evidence" that it is preparing a digital attack the country from abroad.
Sources consulted by the newspaper say the president has "broad powers" to order attacks by computer opponents, or to disrupt or destroy their systems without Congress has declared war. The rules also cover how the country's intelligence agencies can monitor network for possible attacks, and when to engage the Department of Defense to deal with home networks based attacks.
Thus, the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI would be responsible for defending government networks and commercial networks from attacks to a certain limit, after which it would involve the Department of Defense, which may take offensive actions with approval President.
America has had several brushes with China on cybersecurity: Last week the New York Times itself reported being hacked, followed by several other newspapers. A few years ago, there were also clashes between China and Google, which said that their systems had been invaded by Chinese hackers.
So far, the main weapons known cyberwar have been attributed to the United States, as the Stuxnet virus. Other malware as Flame, Duqu and Gauss have been listed as "supported by a state" but has not openly declared which one (s).
The theme of "preemptive strikes" for discussion and will probably questions: It may be recalled that in 2003, George W. Bush's invasion of Iraq based on faulty intelligence about weapons of mass destruction in that country
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