NSA cybersecurity protection

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On 4/1/19, Ryan Carboni <33389 at protonmail.com> wrote:
> What is the NSA good for anyway

It's TOP SECRET, good or bad, you'll never know, right ;)
Known history of such TLA's of the world is not exactly good.
Use the wikipedia links for that.

Here's some recent news...

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-raven-media/
The American operatives worked for Project Raven, a secret Emirati
intelligence program that spied on dissidents, militants and political
opponents of the UAE monarchy. It surveilled a British activist and
several unnamed U.S. journalists. Key players in the cyber wars of
other nations.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/28/ex-nsa-contractor-pleads-guilty-stealing-national-defense-info/3304814002/
No indication Martin ever shared the stolen secrets. His defense
attorneys say he simply hoarded the information... One of his lawyers
previously described Martin as a "compulsive hoarder" who took home
work documents

> are they just watching American websites get hacked?

Yes.
Well, that and a whole lot of dick pics...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEVlyP4_11M

Among other things...
https://www.zdnet.com/article/over-13k-iscsi-storage-clusters-left-exposed-online-without-a-password/