Ask HN: Why isn't the NSA categorized as an APT?

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5 points by TheOpenSourcer 83 days ago

Israel Unit-8200 is an APT Iran has like 4 APT's under its army Why isn't the NSA categorized as an APT?

APT definition: APTs are state-run, organized, and stealthy. The NSA fits this definition.

Can someone explain this? Is it only politics?

5 comments

It is perspective. From the Iranian stance, NSA is an APT and theirs is not. Likewise the UK version, Russian versions etc.

Them / Us.

Because it's not wrong when "we" (i.e. those naming who counts as APT) are doing it.

Remember the Snowden leaks? They are.

WTF is an APT?

Advanced Persistent Threat. It's a cyber security term.

Thanks. Well that answers the question. Opponents are threats, your tools to counter are not.

As in: Your gun is a threat to me, my gun is how I defend against YOUR gun.