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1. Spy on researchers, harvest 0-days before they're published, monetize them (selling 0-days, spreading ransomware, etc), 2. Sell info/research to publish acad
by bboygravity 3y ago
1. Spy on researchers, harvest 0-days before they're published, monetize them (selling 0-days, spreading ransomware, etc),
2. Sell info/research to publish academic research before the victim does,
3. geopolitical leverage,
4. blackmail researchers to get more of the above,
5. use 0-days found by others for global dragnet surveillance, which translates to money and political power,
6. plant (dormant) code in critical infrastructure internationally for geopolitical leverage / future war.
7. inject any code into any repo that the researchers have access to or that the researchers are known to make use of (tools),
8. economic espionage / accesss to high-tech international IP
Just kind of what the NSA does really with the exception of monetizing on ransomware?
- fragmede 3y agoGiven the crazy shit the CIA has been documented to get up to, and the fact that the NSA has similar lack of oversight of agents in the field, why do you think that there isn't any monetizing on ransomware going on?