Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, speaking at the Aspen Security Forum today, unveiled a plan to combat cyberattacks in the US.

The Justice Department plans to aggressively investigate and prosecute, work with other federal agencies to identify bad actors and inform the public who they are, support actions like financial sanctions and have social media providers help identify foreign influencers and boot them off their platforms.

"Foreign governments should not be secret participants, covertly spreading propaganda and fanning the flames of division," Rosenstein said.

The Justice Department's Cyber-Digital Task Force report also highlighted five types of operations the government must counter. They are...