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“Threat actor” is super vague but more specific than the words you proposed. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threat_actor https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threa
by xyzzy123 8y ago
“Threat actor” is super vague but more specific than the words you proposed.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threat_actor https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threat_actor
I agree the jargon isn’t great, I’ve seen “attacker” and “malicious user” used in pentest reports and neither of those seems quite right either.
- doitLP 8y agoAlso, they aren’t technically criminals if the attackers are state-sponsored and conducting an act of war. “Threat-actor” seems exactly like the type of legalese a government relies on when crafting the story around its own retaliation or justification for future aggression. I think it’s just entered the lexicon when talking about these types of incidents.
- buttcoinslol 8y agoI agree, there are no criminals at the nation-state level, only other actors.