[Dailydave] BAH vs GRU

[toby]

Funny you should mention that. This is the latest article from the US Army
mad scientist blog. It is analyzing recent articles by Chinese military
analysts:
https://madsciblog.tradoc.army.mil/225-the-pla-close-combat-in-the-information-age-and-the-blade-of-victory/


On Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 13:24 Dave Aitel <dave.aitel at gmail.com> wrote:

> So when I worked at the NSA I worked with some Booz Allen Hamilton people,
> and they were extremely helpful but wore suits all the time so it was a bit
> confusing. But I think that time has changed me in the sense that I kinda
> read and watch everything like it is SIGINT. For example, imagine if you
> could get access to the latest Russian government vulnerability research -
> you would definitely DO that right? You'd watch it and take notes even if
> the video had crappy sound and the presentation was super boring and in
> broken  Google-translated English. And yet, people will put up an entire
> YouTube channel from PHDays and it'll have like 4 views on any given video.
>
> In that same sense, I've seen almost no analysis or discussion of the BAH
> paper they released a little while ago that goes into how the GRU uses
> cyber operations to support national interests:
> https://www.boozallen.com/c/insight/publication/the-logic-behind-russian-military-cyber-operations.html
>
> If they had put classification markings at the top, it would have gotten a
> lot more attention I think. But it's also the only paper I know of its
> kind. I got a lot out of it, but largely a feeling for the HUGE scope and
> scale of the GRU's cyber capabilities. They have a lot of success in the
> field! It must be a team of hundreds, just looking at all the different
> targets they are hitting, with all the different tool chains.
>
> In any case, I highly recommend spending the couple hours it will take to
> give it a deep read. You get to understand a bit more about what the
> Russian cyber norms really are: and it's a harsh picture.
>
> -dave
>
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