.@NSAGov describes the #Snake malware as "a sophisticated #Russia|n cyberespionage tool"
"The FSB has victimized industries including education institutions, small businesses, & media organizations" per @NSAGov statement
"Critical infrastructure sectors, such as local government, finance, manufacturing, and telecommunications, have also been impacted" by #Russia's FSB's #Snake malware, per @NSAGov
Per a joint #cyber advisory issued w/@CISAgov, the #Russia|n Snake malware "targeting is purposeful & tactical in nature"
"The FSB has used Snake to collect sensitive intelligence from high priority targets, such as government networks, research facilities, and journalists"
Per @NSA_CSDirector, the technical details released Tuesday, "will help industry governments find and shut down the malware globally"
NEW: 3 possible reasons for #Russia's inability to pack a punch in #cyber during war in #Ukraine, per @WhiteHouse Deputy Nat'l Security Adviser for #Cyber Anne Neuberger
"Option 1 is defense" per NSC's Neuberger "#Ukraine learned a lesson of the 2014-2015 conflict when #Russia invaded..."
#Kyiv cut itself off from #Russia's power grid, for example, making it a harder target
#2 - "The #Russia|ns expected it to be a very quick conflict" per NSC's Neuberger
"As such, they wanted the infrastructure in the country to be preserved..."
"In keeping with standard operating procedure, we are in the process of confirming the identity of the individual killed" per @CENTCOM's Maj John Moore in statement to @VOANews
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"Each mission is meticulously planned & executed to maximize success & minimize the risk of collateral damage & harm to civilians" per @CENTCOM's Maj Moore
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"It is important that the #UnitedStates restores for #Pakistan foreign military financing & foreign military sales which were suspended by the previous administration" Pakistan Amb to the US Masood Khan told @TheWilsonCenter earlier Thursday
#Pakistan Ambassador to the US Khan also calls on #Washington to "revive its role for strategic stability in #SouthAsia"
"We believe a policy of imbalance & disequilibrium is fraught with serious perils"
"#Afghanistan's stability is imperative...1st & foremost for its own ppl who have suffered grievously" per #Pakistan Amb Khan
"It is equally important to stem the surge of terrorism that has viciously attacked Pakistan" since August 2021
"It is important that the #UnitedStates restores for #Pakistan foreign military financing & foreign military sales which were suspended by the previous administration" Pakistan Amb to the US Masood Khan tells @TheWilsonCenter
#Pakistan Ambassador to the US Shah also calls on #Washington to "revive its role for strategic stability in #SouthAsia"
"We believe a policy of imbalance & disequilibrium is fraught with serious perils"
"#Afghanistan's stability is imperative...1st & foremost for its own ppl who have suffered grievously" per #Pakistan Amb Shah
"It is equally important to stem the surge of terrorism that has viciously attacked Pakistan" since August 2021
#ISIS-#Khorasan cell leader behind the deadly bombing of #Kabul Airport's Abbey Gate on August 26, 2021 that killed 13 US troops, +170 Afghan civilians killed by the #Taliban, State Department official confirms to @VOANews
#ISIS-#Khorasan cell leader behind the #Abbey Gate bombing "killed in a Taliban operation" per White House spox John Kirby
Kirby descibes the cell leader as "a key ISIS-K official directly involved in plotting operations like Abbey Gate"
Per White House's Kirby, the death of the #ISIS-#Khorasan cell leader "is another in a series of high-profile leadership losses ISIS-K has suffered this year"