#Russia #cyber ops in the war on #Ukraine - "We continue full spectrum operations w/a series of partners to include Ukraine to provide them assistance as they battle the Russians" @CYBERCOM_DIRNSA Gen Paul Nakasone tells lawmakers
#Russia "a very capable [#cyber] adversary" per @CYBERCOM_DIRNSA "We continue to work very tightly w/our other partners within the US gvt -CISA, @FBI- to ensure our US critical infrastructure is protected, and @NATO in general"
Background:
“If the conflict continues to not go well for #Russia, there is some chance that Russia will be increasingly brazen in its cyberattacks” an NSA spox told @VOANews “...will increasingly look outside of Ukraine's territorial borders"
voanews.com/a/us-bracing-f…
“If the conflict continues to not go well for #Russia, there is some chance that Russia will be increasingly brazen in its cyberattacks” an NSA spox told @VOANews “...will increasingly look outside of Ukraine's territorial borders"
voanews.com/a/us-bracing-f…
#Disinformation threat-"This is much more of a priority in the context of integrated deterrence" @ASD_SOLIC Christopher Maier tells lawmakers
"...especially as we start to think abt adversaries we're trying to deter"
"...especially as we start to think abt adversaries we're trying to deter"
"We need to invest more in the DoD information enterprise" per @ASD_SOLIC "It will enhance our ability to coordinate"
"It begins overseas" per @CYBERCOM_DIRNSA on countering #disinformation
"We're very familiar w/how to do these operations. We've seen it in the elections. We've seen it w/#Russia-#Ukraine. We've seen it w/#Iran... "
"We're very familiar w/how to do these operations. We've seen it in the elections. We've seen it w/#Russia-#Ukraine. We've seen it w/#Iran... "
"The one thing thoygh we've learned on this is that they go away" per @CYBERCOM_DIRNSA "They're always there & you always have to be persistent"
Targeting #ISIS-#Khorasan: "Part of addressing ISIS in #Afghanistan is addressing it globally" per @USSOCOM’s Gen Fenton
"Many of our operations are in places where we are not proximate to the target...Our ability to see it, sense it & the strike it - unquestionable"
"Many of our operations are in places where we are not proximate to the target...Our ability to see it, sense it & the strike it - unquestionable"
.@USSOCOM’s Gen Fenton says his forces have been able to do that vs #ISIS' #1 in #Syria (see below), plus in places like #Somalia
voanews.com/a/6426236.html
voanews.com/a/6426236.html
Training for #Ukraine special operations forces is continuing outside of Ukraine in a number of locations, @USSOCOM’s Gen Fenton tells lawmakers
As for how Ukrainian SOF has performed-"They've been superb from the very beginning"
As for how Ukrainian SOF has performed-"They've been superb from the very beginning"
"The #Russia|ns have been very active in #Ukraine"
per @CYBERCOM_DIRNSA asked abt #Moscow's #cyber ops
"We're watching this very carefully...by now means is this done" he adds
per @CYBERCOM_DIRNSA asked abt #Moscow's #cyber ops
"We're watching this very carefully...by now means is this done" he adds
MORE: @US_CYBERCOM told @VOANews of #Russia, "We anticipate their cyber activities may become bolder and look at broader targets"
voanews.com/a/us-bracing-f…
voanews.com/a/us-bracing-f…
#TikTok - "TikTok concerns me for a number of different reasons" per @CYBERCOM_DIRNSA
"One is the data that the have. Secondly is the algorithm & control, who has control. 3rd is the broad platform..."
"One is the data that the have. Secondly is the algorithm & control, who has control. 3rd is the broad platform..."
"...Influence operations, it's not only that you can influence something but it's also that you can turn off the message as well" per @CYBERCOM_DIRNSA
re #TikTok
re #TikTok
On a scale of 1-10, where does the need for #FISA Section 702 place?
"10+" @CYBERCOM_DIRNSA tells @SenAngusKing, calling it "an essential piece that we need as a nation" hat even helped the US track down & eliminate #alQaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri
"10+" @CYBERCOM_DIRNSA tells @SenAngusKing, calling it "an essential piece that we need as a nation" hat even helped the US track down & eliminate #alQaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri
#ElectionMeddling - "It hasn't gone away" per @CYBERCOM_DIRNSA, saying it will be a threat/concern for the foreseeable future
"We see the influence threat much more prevalent these days"
"We see the influence threat much more prevalent these days"
#China in #cyberspace - "They have a different playbook than the #Russia|ns...but again a very formidable foe" per @CYBERCOM_DIRNSA
"We have a very lethal, very capable counterterrorism force" per @ASD_SOLIC though it needs to become more sustainable as the focus also shifts to great power competition
"The capabilities we have in the #counterterrorism arena transfers well over into our integrated deterrence approach" per @USSOCOM’s Gen Fenton
Should products from #China be banned for #cyber safety?
"Very difficult ... to imagine that you can really do that" per @CYBERCOM_DIRNSA "So much of what we do is based upon int'l trade & China has the corner on some things"
"Very difficult ... to imagine that you can really do that" per @CYBERCOM_DIRNSA "So much of what we do is based upon int'l trade & China has the corner on some things"
If he were in charge of a company, "What I would do is ensure that the areas that are most sensitive to our operations are well sensored & I have the confidence that's what being utilized there, I understand where that information may be going" per @CYBERCOM_DIRNSA
"I would take a very very hard look at anything that would come from an adversarial nation" per @CYBERCOM_DIRNSA on buying tech products from #China
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