📧 Communication

This document appears to be a page (164) from a narrative report or book included in House Oversight records. It details the history of cybersecurity vulnerabilities within US intelligence, specifically the NSA's reliance on civilian contractors and system administrators. It draws parallels between the KGB's recruitment of hackers in the 1980s and the NSA's hiring of 'hacktivist' culture technicians post-9/11 to compete with tech giants. It specifically mentions that by 2013, sensitive NSA work was outsourced to firms like Booz Allen Hamilton and Microsoft.