At a meeting in Hanover, the US President Barack Obama plans to discuss with presidents of Germany, Britain, France, and Italy, the possibility of using cyber weapons against the terrorist group Islamic State  , reports New York Times. According to the source, Obama 's plan is to " open a new front " in the struggle with the IS for the account of the weapons the US until recently " has used against Russia , China, Iran, and North Korea ."

The newspaper described the potential areas the cyber weapons’ application. As it says they can be used to introduce and inactivate the communication systems, block the transfer of money to the militants, and crash payments electronically.

For example, with the help of the cyber weapon one can provide an accumulation of cash in one place, and wipe it out with a drone blow.   It is also also possible to forge handwritings of warlords to give orders on their behalf and direct alliances of terrorists to the areas targeted for the raids of combat aircrafts, the newspaper explained.

As the Tass http://tass.ru/ reminds that within the project of the US military spending for 2017 financial year the funds allocated to the fights in cyberspace has been increased up to a total of $ 35 billion over the next five years. The project still needs to be approved by the US Congress.