This US National Intelligence Council memo dated 14 September 2011 provides US talking points for a forthcoming NATO meeting and includes the assessment that the threat presented by Anonymous and hacktivist activity is “minimal”: see the Intercept article Western Spy Agencies Secretly Rely on Hackers for Intel and Expertise, 4 February 2015.

This April 2012 training presentation produced by Navy Information Operations Command Maryland states that “the next major conflict will start in cyberspace”: see the Der Spiegel article The Digital Arms Race: NSA Preps America for Future Battle, 17 January 2015.