I think I am going to get downvoted to hell. So be it. I don’t think there’s any reasoning with the Putin’s or the Xi’s of the world when it comes to this cybe

I think I am going to get downvoted to hell. So be it. I don’t think there’s any reasoning with the Putin’s or the Xi’s of the world when it comes to this cyber Cold War. They both have highly skilled and motivated state-sponsored hacking divisions of their respective military or intelligence agencies. They’re simply far, far outside American reach. Not to mention the cypher pirates that operate on their soil and attack countries like the US that they turn a blind eye to. Bolstering our tech best practices to focus on being secure and training workers to better understand what phishing looks like etc., but I think the solution is more proactive than that. I think the solution is clandestine operations conducted by say the CIA to either infiltrate these ranks and turn would be hackers into allies or it’s straight up murder of the hackers by some US spy and have it look like a common crime in that country. These attacks will only escalate and I fear they boil over into a full blown war. If diplomacy doesn’t work, if turning our would be attackers into allies doesn’t work, then what other option do we have if cyber defenses aren’t enough (the best defense is always one step behind a smart and adaptive attacker)?