[gormo2]

>But despite the rising prominence of Russian hackers in this news cycle — and Chinese hackers before that — it's worth pointing out that the United States has grown fairly proficient in cyberspace, too.

How am I not surprised that in an article about US espionage the American s̶t̶a̶t̶e̶ media makes sure to remind yet again us how bad, bad, bad the Russians are.

[gwern]

It reads the exact opposite to me. 'You know how everyone's upset about Russian/Chinese hacking lately? Remember that the US did it first and on a far larger scale than them.'

[finid]

But who's going to impose sanctions on us?

[gormo2]

Difference in this case is there's actually evidence rather than hearsay.

[peyton]

The context of the article is recent comments by political candidates about Russian cyber warfare. The subs' capabilities were revealed at a conference three weeks ago.

[Spooky23]

It's more like:

"So you stole emails from a political campaign? That's cool -- remember that conversation with your mistress in 2005? No? We do."