Report: The Best Hackers In The World Are From Russia

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NBC: Russian hackers 8 times faster than Chinese, Iranians, North Koreans, says report

A new report from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike says hackers tied to Russian intelligence are quicker than North Koreans, Chinese, Iranians and criminals.

WASHINGTON — Experts have long said that the Russians are the most sophisticated among the many nation-state adversaries that are regularly hacking government and private computers in the United States.

Now, a leading cyber security firm has found a way to quantify that.

In its latest threat report, CrowdStrike — the company that discovered that the Russians had hacked he Democratic National Committee — finds that Russian intelligence hackers are quicker and more nimble than the North Koreans, the Chinese, the Iranians and sophisticated criminals.

CrowdStrike measured what it calls "breakout time" — the speed at which a hacking group can break into a network and start stealing data. That speed is important because intrusions are being detected and stopped faster than ever before. The faster the hackers can smash and grab, the more data they can steal.

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WNU Editor: The company behind this report is CrowdStrike, a company that has its own share of critics .... More Doubts That Russian Intelligence Was Involved In Last Year's DNC Hack (August 11, 2017). As to what nation-state has the best hackers? The answer is an easy one. It is the U.S. intelligence community.