Top 7 Most Elite Nation State Hackers

Top 7 Most Elite Nation State Hackers

Source: YouTube · Jack Rhysider · published Oct 20, 2020 · 19:17

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Nation-state actors, also known as Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs), are the most capable hackers globally due to their unparalleled resources, funding, and patience 0:01.

Key Takeaways:
• Governments possess significant advantages over independent hacking groups, including larger budgets for developing tools and a greater pool of willing personnel 0:14.
• These state-sponsored hackers are driven by strong intelligence-gathering motives and benefit from a long, established history of collecting secret data 0:18.
• Unlike other threat actors, APTs can be incredibly patient, sometimes dedicating years to a single cyber campaign to accomplish their goals 0:23.

The video sets the stage to rank the top seven governments with the most advanced cyber capabilities in the world.

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  • 0:01 Introduction to nation-state hackers as the most advanced threats
  • 0:14 Advantages in funding, personnel, and tool development
  • 0:18 Motives and history of intelligence collection
  • 0:23 The extreme patience and duration of state-sponsored campaigns

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without a doubt the most capable and advanced hackers in the world are nation-state actors otherwise known as state-sponsored or advanced persistent threats governments simply have more resources than anyone else to carry out hacking campaigns they have more people willing to work for them they have more money to develop hacking tools they have bigger motives to collect intelligence a longer history of collecting secret data and can be very patient sometimes spending years on a campaign combine all these and it's far more advanced than any independent group of hackers can accomplish here's a list of the top 7 most advanced governments with cyber capabilities oh before we get on the list there aren't any ads in this video but i want you to know that if you like this kind of stuff i create a…