Cyberattacks on Islamic State use tools others also have: US defence chief

epa05289379 US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter ponders while delivering a statement to the media following the meeting of the alliance of Defense Ministers in the fight against the terrorist organization Islamic State (IS), in Stuttgart, Germany, 04 May 2016. EPA/MARIJAN MURAT

SANTA CLARA: Cyberattack techniques used by the US-led coalition against Islamic State could also be used by other countries, US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter said. 

Speaking in California, Carter told reporters that the US-led coalition used electronic techniques to disrupt and degrade the jihadist force's ability to organise and said an unspecified number of other countries could do the same in other conflicts.