I did a piece focused on leveraging Seal Team Six against ransomware. The premise: That cybercrime is such a safety issue that it could require a military response.
The BBC has a profile piece of the US Military’s cyber team and their focus on the defense of Ukraine. Quoting the lead.
Despite many analysts ‘ predictions, Russia failed to take down Ukrainian computer systems with a massive cyber-attack when it invaded this year. The work of a little-known arm of the US military, which hunts for adversaries online, maybe one reason. The BBC was given exclusive access to the cyber-operators involved in these global missions.
The article digs into the unit’s deployment, including deploying equipment right into foreign governments’ networks.
Why do we care?
Acknowledging that there is an actual US military group doing this work felt meaningful. If you want to know more about how they operate, it’s an interesting read. Let’s note that using the capability is possible when you have it, so why I cared to acknowledge it’s there.