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US Cyber Command Operations During the 2022 Midterm Elections

published on 2023-01-25 12:00:28 UTC by Bruce Schneier
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The head of both US Cyber Command and the NSA, Gen. Paul Nakasone, broadly discussed that first organization’s offensive cyber operations during the runup to the 2022 midterm elections. He didn’t name names, of course:

We did conduct operations persistently to make sure that our foreign adversaries couldn’t utilize infrastructure to impact us,” said Nakasone. “We understood how foreign adversaries utilize infrastructure throughout the world. We had that mapped pretty well. And we wanted to make sure that we took it down at key times.”

Nakasone noted that Cybercom’s national mission force, aided by NSA, followed a “campaign plan” to deprive the hackers of their tools and networks. “Rest assured,” he said. “We were doing operations well before the midterms began, and we were doing operations likely on the day of the midterms.” And they continued until the elections were certified, he said.

We know Cybercom did similar things in 2018 and 2020, and presumably will again in two years.

Article: US Cyber Command Operations During the 2022 Midterm Elections - published almost 2 years ago.

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2023/01/us-cyber-command-operations-during-the-2022-midterm-elections.html   
Published: 2023 01 25 12:00:28
Received: 2023 01 25 12:21:20
Feed: Schneier on Security
Source: Schneier on Security
Category: Cyber Security
Topic: Cyber Security
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