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Note that the cyber warfare programs mentioned in the article seem to be military programs, so a better comparison would be comparing skill levels of people wor
by otoburb 10y ago
Note that the cyber warfare programs mentioned in the article seem to be military programs, so a better comparison would be comparing skill levels of people working in comparable elite branches of the military.
The existence of highly trained and highly skilled special forces units in various forms (e.g. GRU Spetsnaz[1]) in various countries implies that with enough political willpower and funding the skill levels of at least a small subset of people working for these organizations should be somewhat formidable.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spetsnaz_GRU https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spetsnaz_GRU
- adamnemecek 10y agoWhat's the market rate for a guy in spetznaz? I don't think he has one.
- linkregister 10y agoIt's kind of a non-sequitur to compare a great software developer or vulnerability researcher to Spetznaz. A guy in Spetznaz has a high market value to private military companies. Companies like Blackwater/XE and Triple Canopy hire ex-special forces operators to perform private security and military advisor services.
- lisivka 10y agoGRU spetsnaz is over-hyped. I saw them at work. See video shot at 1 December at Kyiv (Kiev), Ukraine[1] and look at right side: spot few guys with a white cloth on right hand. It's Russian spetsnaz at work. We catched one of them later, in March. They are not so good if a programmer can disclose and catch them. [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzJsAzqs5xE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzJsAzqs5xE