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Re:30k U.S. organizations newly hacked via holes in Microsof... by Godel_unicode on Saturday March 06, 2021 @01:07AM (#26365565)
Why do people keep thinking that putting the military in charge of civilian cyber defense is in any way a good idea??
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Re:30k U.S. organizations newly hacked via holes in Microsof... by goatinaboat on Saturday March 06, 2021 @03:52AM (#26366122)
Why do people keep thinking that putting the military in charge of civilian cyber defense is in any way a good idea??

The NSA has some military staff members but it is a civilian agency

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Re:30k U.S. organizations newly hacked via holes in Microsof... by Godel_unicode on Saturday March 06, 2021 @12:51PM (#26369128)
The NSA has title 10 authorities. It's part of the DoD, with a chain of command running through SecDef. It is commanded by active-duty flag officers.
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Re:30k U.S. organizations newly hacked via holes in Microsof... by hoseja on Saturday March 06, 2021 @02:25AM (#26365811)
At the end of the day, there is no distinction. "Civilian" is strictly nice-to-have concept.
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Re:30k U.S. organizations newly hacked via holes in Microsof... by cheschire on Saturday March 06, 2021 @02:33AM (#26365840)
So you feel like America should just move their entire police force under the military and forego any civilian-esque facade?

Probably not. And that's also why cyber law enforcement and national cyber defense should be two separate entities.

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