Really? You are absolutely sure the Russians have nothing in reserve at all, but the Americans have lots?
Do you realize what this means?
This means you have super powers to know exactly that Russians have no secret information in reserve whatsoever. You have super special spy contacts too.
Could you please post to Free Republic more often since you have super secret information that no one else can know or discern?
This is incredible that we have a member here who can do this for us.
Sorry to disappoint. I’m just an ordinarily educated person who pays attention to the world.
We have some sense of how the NSA operates from the Shadow Brokers leak a few years ago that had many exploits never before recorded.
From Russia we have seen a constant stream of high profile advanced hacks over the years (Fancy Bear/Cozy Bear) but each hack burns an exploit path.
What did Russian cyber warriors manage to do when the Ukraine War began:
* Turn off the lights in Kiev - Nope
* Shut down road and rail systems - Didn’t happen
* Take down Ukrainian television and radio - Not that either
* Release personal details to embarrass Ukrainian leaders - Failed on that one too
* Briefly take down meaningless public websites of the Ukrainian defense ministry - Success!
Only conclusion is that Russia takes advantage of exploits of convenience, but when the regime’s survival depends on winning a war they can’t deliver anymore more than a script kiddy DDOS.