alt Hacker NewsWith coding agents now being used for hacking, there's a decent chance we'll see a 9/11-scale hacking incident as a result of NSA/DHS negligence in securing American internet-connected services. Similar to how the CIA's negligence allowed 9/11 itself.
The USG should be deploying thousands of security engineers armed with the latest coding models and agents, in attempt to secure systems before they're hacked. A few billion dollars spent here could save us trillions.
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Unlike the CIA and/or FBI being in charge of preventing attacks like 9/11, NSA and DHS aren't in charge of each state's or city's infrastructure. They could run some opt-in program that local governments could then engage with, but "negligence" is a bit strong for systems they're not in charge of and have no access to.
https://www.nsa.gov/Cybersecurity/Cybersecurity-Advisories-G...
While that’s not the job of the NSA, they do produce a lot of good cybersecurity guides.
How is it NSA/DHS negligence? Neither is responsible for securing the infrastructure of state and local governments nor private companies.
They should provide guidance, but I’m not sure we really want the NSA inside of networks more than they already are.
If voters and CEOs don’t want to spend the money required to secure their infrastructure, that’s on them.