Report: The far right is scaring away Washington’s private hacker army
Participants hail from tech giants like Microsoft, Amazon and Google, as well as infrastructure operators, foreign governments, nonprofits and midsize security firms. CISA’s efforts to combat disinformation ahead of the 2020 election has made it a favorite target of conservatives, who accuse it of trying to censor their views online. Even though the JCDC plays no role in online content moderation, the amped-up scrutiny of CISA has increasingly ensnared the agency’s external partners, making JCDC participants fearful they could be caught in the crosshairs. Four of Washington’s top cybersecurity officials warned lawmakers Wednesday that Chinese hackers are aggressively burrowing into American infrastructure in preparation for a conflict. https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/06/far-right-washington-private-hackers-00139413
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I see America cannot function without blaming someone else. It was Russia and now Chinese. Who’s next? India?
Better headline: “America’s intelligence apparatus targeted normies and doesn’t want consequences”
The left has their own misinformation.
And there’s value in letting them spread it, so everyone can see how psychotic some ideas are. Censoring doesn’t work.