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Black Budget: NSA’s Team of Elite Hackers Tasked with ‘Sabotage’ – Infosecurity Magazine

Black Budget: NSA's Team of Elite Hackers Tasked with 'Sabotage'
Infosecurity Magazine
This jives with conventional wisdom surrounding Stuxnet and Flame, the malware that was reportedly jointly developed by the US and Israel to target Iran's nuclear program. It's not all hacking and cyber-warfare though. Notably, the fiscal earmarking

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‘Black budget’ leaked by Edward Snowden describes NSA team that hacks … – Washington Post

'Black budget' leaked by Edward Snowden describes NSA team that hacks
Washington Post
So, TAO might have had something to do with the development of Stuxnet and Flame, malware programs thought to have been jointly developed by the U.S. and Israel. The malware initially targeted the Iranian nuclear program, but quickly made its way into 

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US Increases Cyber Warfare Budget by 20% – Algemeiner


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US Increases Cyber Warfare Budget by 20%
Algemeiner
The Pentagon is increasing its budget for cyber operations by 20 per cent in the hopes that it can replicate successful cyberwarfare operations like the attack on Iranian nuclear facilities in 2010 that damaged centrifuges at the Natanz uranium
Pentagon 2014 Budget Includes $ 5B for Cyber Warfare; Keith Alexander ExecutiveGov

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Budget cuts and the next Pearl Harbor – Baltimore Sun

Budget cuts and the next Pearl Harbor
Baltimore Sun
Recent reports suggest that the U.S. government was likely engaged in two very sophisticated cyber attacks: one that spied on Iran's nuclear program and another that slowed it by destroying centrifuges. These attacks encourage a twinge of national

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