At the RSA cybersecurity conference in San Francisco, a senior official from the United States military stated that the country is increasing the number of its cyber personnel that are sent overseas to assist other governments in their fight against hackers.
According to statements made by U.S. Army Major General William Hartman on Monday, the Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF) of the United States military has carried out 47 such “hunt forward” defensive operations across 20 different countries in the past three years at the invitation of those nations.