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Re:Thousands of computers now compromised with leaked NSA to... by losteric on Sunday April 23, 2017 @06:12PM (#14180704)
The CIA and NSA are externally oriented.

Defense is arguably part of the FBI mission, however they don't have the NSA's level of skill or resources. The FBI might be able to detect abuse when it gets rampant but I have zero confidence that they would discover any of these exploits themselves. The FBI is mostly cleanup and criminal prosecution.

We need an organization focused on preemptively securing our infrastructure.

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Re:Thousands of computers now compromised with leaked NSA to... by knowaveragejoe on Sunday April 23, 2017 @06:22PM (#14180750)
The NSA is actually tasked with that mission:

> NSA is concurrently charged with protection of U.S. government communications and information systems against penetration and network warfare.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Security_Agency

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Re:Thousands of computers now compromised with leaked NSA to... by losteric on Monday April 24, 2017 @04:17AM (#14182674)
Yes, government defense. Who protects the rest?
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Re:Thousands of computers now compromised with leaked NSA to... by knowaveragejoe on Monday April 24, 2017 @03:46PM (#14187470)
That actually overlaps with things like the power grid and ATC, for what it's worth. It's a little bigger than just "government computers".
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Re:Thousands of computers now compromised with leaked NSA to... by jessaustin on Monday April 24, 2017 @07:32AM (#14183408)
Private entities protect themselves and their customers, to varying degrees, which is how it has always been.
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