US #cyber forces going hunting vs adversaries, inclu #Russia #China:
"[We] must compete with adversaries on a recurring basis, making it far more difficult for them to advance their goals over time" per @CYBERCOM_DIRNSA Paul Nakasone writes w/Michael Sulmeyer in @ForeignAffairs
"The net effect of the many hunt forward missions that Cyber Command has conducted in recent years has been the mass inoculation of millions of systems, which has reduced the future effectiveness of the exposed malware & our adversaries" per @US_CYBERCOM's/@NSAGov's Nakasone
"Some have speculated that competing with adversaries in cyberspace will increase the risk of escalation—from hacking to all-out war" per @CYBERCOM_DIRNSA & Sulmeyer, who argue the opposite is true
"We are confident that this more proactive approach enables #Cyber Command to conduct operations that impose costs while responsibly managing escalation" per Gen. Nakasone & @US_CYBERCOM sr adviser Sulmeyer
"Inaction poses its own risks: that #Chinese espionage, #Russia|n intimidation, #Iran|ian coercion, #NorthKorea|n burglary, & terrorist propaganda will continue unabated" per Nakasone, Sulmeyer "So the question is how, not whether, to act..."
foreignaffairs.com/articles/unite…
.@US_CYBERCOM, @NSAGov #Election2020 prep expansion of 2018, when it:
1-shared info on potential attacks on election infrastructure
2-helped counter #disinformation
3-carried out "hunt forward" missions for #Malware
"Cyber Command is doing all of this & more" per Gen Nakasone
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