Cybersecurity

…In a statement, NSA officials said they are aware of the recently released report and would not discuss any details.

“The U.S. government calls on our intelligence agencies to protect the United States, its citizens, and its allies from a wide array of serious threats — including terrorist plots from al-Qaeda, ISIL and others,” as well as the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and international crime rings, officials said.

Cyber forensics firms such as Kaspersky, Mandiant and iSight have published a bevy of reports on Chinese and Russian cyber battalions that have waged deep-rooted cyberespionage campaigns.

But “this is way more sophisticated than anything that’s been made public so far and that bodes well,” McGeorge said.

Cyber Firm: The NSA Is Out-Hacking the Chinese and the Russians