←back to thread

FBI cyber cop: Salt Typhoon pwned 'nearly every American'

(www.theregister.com)
287 points Bender | 2 comments | 30 Aug 25 12:43 UTC | HN request time: 0.513s | source
Show context
fidotron ◴[30 Aug 25 14:52 UTC] No.45075161[source]▶
The CISA announcement, which contains a lot more substance, was posted https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45065458
replies(2): >>45075822 #>>45075971 #
mullingitover ◴[30 Aug 25 16:16 UTC] No.45075822[source]▶
Man, good thing Doge and MAGA gutted 30% of that agency[1]. We certainly don't need a bunch of bureaucrats doing (checks notes) cybersecurity and infrastructure security right now.

[1] https://archive.is/20250603190111/https://www.axios.com/2025...

replies(2): >>45075930 #>>45076607 #
DaSHacka ◴[30 Aug 25 16:32 UTC] No.45075930[source]▶
I mean, clearly they weren't very effective anyway.
replies(2): >>45076542 #>>45076721 #
conception ◴[30 Aug 25 17:59 UTC] No.45076721[source]▶
So we definitely should just give up and not do anything instead. That makes sense.
replies(1): >>45077068 #
beeflet ◴[30 Aug 25 18:52 UTC] No.45077068[source]▶
Yeah, defund the government spying apparatus if it isn't useful
replies(1): >>45078357 #
1. overfeed ◴[30 Aug 25 21:59 UTC] No.45078357[source]▶
Are you arguing for entirely dismantling the government's counter-espionage apparatus because it's not 100% effective? China would love that.
replies(1): >>45078790 #
2. beeflet ◴[30 Aug 25 23:05 UTC] No.45078790[source]▶
How effective is it?