Why no major Russia cyber onslaught? Here’s a thread on various reasons we’ve heard
Not sure if this list by @VirpratapVS & me improves on the four in excellent article @ciaranmartinoxf (ease, effectiveness, escalation, ethics) but just in case...
Less reflexively against this Ukraine outsourcing hacking than others but...
This is an incredibly dangerous moment for Europe. De-escalation and peace will be hard enough on their own without outsourced hacking to worry about.
Just possible that outsourced hacking seizes up unclassified logistics networks or releasing damaging information on Putin’s cronies
Feb 12, 2021 • 12 tweets • 2 min read
As important as @CISAgov is, we can't forget other USG agencies w/ unique perspectives & authorities.
brookings.edu/blog/techtank/…
Incredibly damning list of how Trump administration neglected & undermined the FCC over the past four years:
Stopped the Commission order to address known security flaws in the Emergency Alert System (EAS). The result left EAS vulnerable to DDOS attacks
Oct 5, 2018 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Whenever I hear "adversaries will back down in the face of US (counter) offensive cyber operations" some part of me sees the same confidence of a three-star general telling us "we're turning the corner in Afghanistan"
Sometimes more firepower and applying overmatch wins. Sometimes it can make the problem worse especially when there's a lot of civilians in the way & people are likely to be outrage. Sometimes there is not a path to military victory.
