I’ll believe it when I see it.

https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/18/the_us_wants_to_go/

Take fight to the enemy, US cyber boss says

America is fed up with being the prime target for foreign hackers. So US National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross says Uncle Sam is going on the offensive – he just isn't saying when.

Speaking at the Aspen Cyber Summit in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Cairncross said his office is currently working on a new National Cyber Strategy document that he said will be short, to the point, and designed to pair policy with actions that go beyond improving defensive posture. He wants the US government, in cooperation with private industry, to start going after threat actors directly.

… Cairncross' talking points suggest the US is damn well going to try to turn the tables, but when asked for a timeline on release of the document, he deflected. Hard.

"We're going to roll out a strategy, we're going to roll out an action plan … and then we'll start moving deliverables," Cairncross said. Until then, it's going to be entirely defensive, with fewer people keeping watch. Business as usual.

Tools & Techniques.

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