US military’s cyber force reluctant to cut Internet in Syria

A U.S. Marine Sergeant works on a computer at ECPI University in Virginia Beach, Virginia, February 7, 2012. REUTERS/Samantha Sais/Files

WASHINGTON: The US military is wary of cutting Internet connections to Islamic State strongholds such as Raqa in Syria, even though the Pentagon is waging cyber-war against the jihadists, officials said. 

Cyber Command – better known as CYBERCOM – officially started attacking the tech-savvy IS group in April, in what was the command’s most important offensive since being established in 2010.