S . ▁law m akers ▁pushed ▁for ▁the ▁appointment ▁of ▁a ▁White ▁House ▁cy ber ▁security ▁" cz ar " ▁to ▁dram atically ▁es cal ate ▁U . S . ▁def enses ▁against ▁cy ber ▁attacks , ▁craft ing ▁propos als ▁that ▁would ▁emp ower ▁the ▁government ▁to ▁set ▁and ▁en force ▁security ▁standards ▁for ▁private ▁industry ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁time . ▁ ▁On ▁ 7 ▁April ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁The ▁Pent agon ▁announced ▁they ▁spent ▁more ▁than ▁$ 1 0 0 ▁million ▁in ▁the ▁last ▁six ▁months ▁respond ing ▁to ▁and ▁repair ing ▁damage ▁from ▁cy ber ▁attacks ▁and ▁other ▁computer ▁network ▁problems . ▁From ▁December ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁to ▁January ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁a ▁cy ber ▁attack , ▁dub bed ▁Operation ▁Aur ora , ▁was ▁launched ▁from ▁China ▁against ▁Google ▁and ▁over ▁ 2 0 ▁other ▁companies . ▁Google ▁said ▁the ▁attacks ▁origin ated ▁from ▁China ▁and ▁that ▁it ▁would ▁" review ▁the ▁feas ibility " ▁of ▁its ▁business ▁operations ▁in ▁China ▁following ▁the ▁incident . ▁According ▁to ▁Google , ▁at ▁least ▁ 2 0 ▁other ▁companies ▁in ▁various ▁se ctors ▁had ▁been ▁target ed ▁by ▁the ▁attacks . ▁Mc A fe e ▁sp okes pers ons ▁claimed ▁that ▁" this ▁is ▁the ▁highest ▁profile ▁attack ▁of ▁its ▁kind ▁that ▁we ▁have ▁seen ▁in ▁recent ▁memory ." ▁In ▁February ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁J oint ▁Forces ▁Command ▁released ▁a ▁study ▁which ▁included ▁a ▁summary ▁of ▁the ▁thre ats