Re:Ask HN: Why isn't the NSA categorized as an APT?
by cochinescu on Saturday March 21, 2026 @09:43AM
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It's probably more about convention and terminology. Security researchers tend to label foreign actors as APTs partly for tracking and reporting purposes. With domestic agencies, especially US ones, there's either reluctance or it's treated as a given.
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Re:Ask HN: Why isn't the NSA categorized as an APT?
by rithdmc on Monday March 23, 2026 @06:51AM
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That and the big question over, if they do detect a domestic agency's APT, will they even report it? Warning: Top Secret / NoForn leaks below.
Allegedly, - McAfee reached out to the FBI about Magic Lantern, - Kaspersky were believed by the NSA to not detect Russian-affiliated malware, - and I can't find any sources for this, but I remember reading about and having chats earlier in my career with folks in AV companies mulling over what to do in this situation.