The first consists of traditional defensive techniques, including rerouting malicious traffic to servers that can harmlessly absorb it. A person familiar with the company’s anti-DDoS system says it’s made up of two parts. In this case, Kaspersky may have been referring to something even more rare in the security world. It’s a disservice to the public and our national security to continue withholding this information," she later added.“Active countermeasures” is a term of art among security professionals, often referring to hacking the hackers, or shutting down their computers with malware or other tricks. “The recent order to remove Kaspersky from all federal infrastructure is absolutely necessary, however, the Trump administration should take further steps, including declassifying information on Kaspersky Lab to raise awareness. Shaheen has been actively involved in efforts to reduce Kaspersky Lab's footprint, including a September opinion piece in The New York Times railing against government use. "This development should serve as a stark warning, not just to the federal government, but to states, local governments, and the American public, of the serious dangers of using Kaspersky software,” said Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) in a statement on Thursday. Russia is a clear adversary in cyberspace and we can’t afford these self-inflicted injuries.” Intelligence Community are patriots but, the NSA needs to get its head out of the sand and solve its contractor problem. Contractors have been the apparent sources of a number of intelligence leaks, dating back to Edward Snowden. Ben Sasse Ben Sasse Democrats outraged after Manchin opposes Biden spending bill Senate confirms Rahm Emanuel to be ambassador to Japan The Hill's Morning Report - Presented by ExxonMobil - House to vote on Biden social spending bill after McCarthy delay MORE (R-Neb.) said the NSA should re-examine its use of contractors. The ShadowBrokers releases, however, appear to be of files from 2013 and earlier, two years before the alleged Russian hacking incident. The Journal story says the breach is unrelated to the Martin incident and it is unclear if the event is related to the ShadowBrokers. A spring discovery would mean the NSA became aware of the breach just weeks before two other significant security incidents for the agency: A cryptic group known as the ShadowBrokers starting to leak alleged NSA hacking tools online and contractor Hal Martin III was arrested for hoarding classified information on his home computer.
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