'Almost every nation' now has cyber vulnerability exploitation program, NSA official says

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'Almost every nation' now has cyber vulnerability exploitation program, NSA official says
September 29, 2021
https://www.cyberscoop.com/rob-joyce-nsa-cyber-exploitation-program/

Nearly every country on the planet now has a program to exploit digital vulnerabilities, a top National Security Agency cyber official said Wednesday, and while most are focused on espionage, more are beginning to experiment with more aggressive techniques.

Rob Joyce, director of cybersecurity at the NSA, said there’s a lot of focus on China, Iran, North Korea and Russia, but those countries, which he described as the “big four,” are not the only nations weaponizing technology.

“Almost every nation in the world now has a cyber exploitation program. The vast majority of those are used for espionage and intelligence purposes,” Joyce said at the Aspen Cyber Summit. “There is interest in dabbling in offensive cyber and outcomes.”
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China, by contrast, is “off the charts,” he said: “The amount of Chinese cyber actors dwarfs the rest of the globe combined.”
Russia places an emphasis on being disruptive in a way the U.S. cannot tolerate, Joyce said.
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