26.08.2016 - 15:59 [ Techdirt ]

To The NSA, The Word ‚Security‘ Is Synonymous With ‚Gaping, Unpatched Holes In US Developers‘ Software‘

A former Defense Intelligence Agency officer has taken to LinkedIn to point out to all of us griping about the broken Vulnerability Equities Process — exposed by hackers holding NSA zero-days — have it all wrong. Michael Tanji says the NSA isn‘t here to protect developers from malicious attacks. It never was and it‘s never going to be.