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Authorized operations to disrupt, degrade, or destroy adversary information systems, now expanding beyond government to licensed private-sector actors.
A memorandum signed on 12 August lets contracted US firms attack foreign criminal networks. It excludes state-directed groups and is silent on prosecution abroad.
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RemoteThreat launched with $7 million to sell enterprise red teams and U.S. government mission teams one platform for running offensive cyber operations. It is pitched as a way for expert operators to skip building their own tool chains.
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An August 13 memorandum lets vetted US firms run surveillance and disruption operations against criminal networks. The controls are written around US persons, not bystanders.
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A presidential memo directs DHS to authorise vetted private firms to conduct cyber surveillance and cyber effects operations against foreign criminal groups. The boundaries matter more than the announcement.
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Britain's offensive cyber command is on its third commander since 2020. The first ran the force for roughly three years before his name was publicly acknowledged, which makes this week's unavowed handover look like procedure.
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At Munich, EU and NATO officials asked for the power to strike back at Russia and China. The newsletter Seriously Risky Business points out that the sanctions and expulsions Europe already holds have gone unused, so defenders should plan on the current tempo holding.
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US Cyber Command disrupted Iranian air defenses during June's Operation Midnight Hammer by hitting a mapped network node, not the hardened core, according to Recorded Future News.
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