German intel chief looks to 'wipe out' Russian servers used in cyber attacks

The head of the German equivalent of the FBI said he'd like the legal authority to "wipe out" servers the Russian government allegedly used to deploy cyber attacks again Germany. 

Which kinda sounds a lot like cyber war. 

"We believe it is necessary that we are in a position to be able to wipe out these servers if the providers and the owners of the servers are not ready to ensure that they are not used to carry out attacks," Hans-Georg Maassen said on Thursday at a cyber conference in Potsdam, Germany, according to Reuters.  Read more...