The battle for hearts and minds has long been moving online and now the Pentagon is fighting back using its Cyber Command team, confirming that its had its “first wartime assignment,” targeting ISIS. The near-5,000-strong team has grown significantly over the past two years, but will top out at more than 6,000 as the organization seeks to create the ultimate “Cyber Mission Force.” “Even a few years ago, it would not have occurred to a secretary of defense to say, ‘let’s get cyber in the game’, but here we have real opportunities,” Secretary of Defense Ash Carter said in a speech in…

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