We're getting closer and closer to cyber and kinetic warfare intermingling regularly. Attacking a US company may become akin to attacking a US citizen. State backed or State sanctioned actors will be looked at as an agent of the state itself. Hacks will lead to proportional responses from governments against governments.
It's not much different than our military and contractors protecting domestic oil company interests abroad.
It's not much different than our military and contractors protecting domestic oil company interests abroad.