Pentagon admits it is 'looking to accelerate' cyber-attacks against Isis

US military acknowledges for the first time - during an active war - that it's using its storehouse of new digital weapons to disrupt communications networks

The Pentagon has acknowledged using its storehouse of new digital weapons to attack Islamic State communications networks, the first time that the US military has acknowledged doing so during an active war.

Operators from the US Cyber Command, the young military command twinned to the National Security Agency, have launched assaults on nodes, overloading them with data, US defense chief Ashton Carter said on Monday.