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- Aug 2022
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Zero days are expensive to buy and develop. They have historically been deployed by state-backed groups, yet in 2021 one-third of all hacking groups exploiting zero days were financially motivated criminals.48
Important point: what used to be a privilege of big states in terms of offensive cyber capabilities (esp. weapons) is not any more - there are powerful criminal groups, dark researchers, international vulnerability brokers, and even legit businesses like NSO that offer tools and 'as a service' sophisticated attacks and tools. Though, most sophisticated and stealth attacks require more than that: lots of skills and (conventional) intelligence - resources that not many states have.
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- Sep 2021
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On the earth, there is no country which is under constant threat of war like the DPRK, and so much strong is its people's desirefor peace. What we mean by the war deterrent is literally the righteous right to self-defense that can deter aggressive war and defend ourselves.As the whole world knows and as the U.S. is so much concerned, powerful offensive means are, of course, included in our war deterrent
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