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This story reads as merely attempting to cover for Mandiant's reputation. They are "the ones on speed dial" for customers and seem to be trying to salvage. Definitely a rare glimpse into the deep state, how many other companies have contacts at the NSA?

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I picked up on this too. Everyone involved has a perverse incentive to portray the narrative as the work of genius, innovative hackers. That's the issue with an article like this, where all the quoted sources are people directly involved. I would have appreciated some 3rd party analysis of just how sophisticated this attack really was, and how much of the blame should really rest on the lax standards of the victims. Mandiant in particular doesn't have much excuse.

Quite a few security companies will have back channels to the NSA. There's a revolving door between NSA and "cyber".

Same shit in the UK, some of the bigger consultancies have very cosy relationships with GCHQ.

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