Define "big country". Varies widely from place to place. Varies from 5 to perhaps a hundred or so. I don't think you can even ...
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China, US, Russia. Are there really dramatically diminishing returns after 100? Interesting if so.
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It's a very difficult position to staff, and retention is also difficult. Also: You often do not need to be "3 deep" for a given ...
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... target; a handful of exploits will give you everything you ever want. If you have 2-3 good browser exploits, privilege esc. for..
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.. the major platforms, and perhaps 1-2 server side bugs, the world is your oyster. At that point you probably want to invest in ...
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.. persistence, exfiltration, and analysis / backend data processing.
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I'd be surprised if Russia employs 100+ people to find 0day. China, perhaps, but no idea. Certainly not 1000, even if you add them up
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number of people: classified, number of 0-days in one year: classified
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Most western countries buy them I believe (cheaper). Cost to do yourself is estimated at about $2mm per zero-day I believe.
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problem is not finding them. problem is deciding WHERE. linux more relevant? OSX? Windows? Govt becomes "Eye of Mordor".Blackmail?
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dedicated? 1 per million of pop? No guess at how many they would find
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a thousand is a lot, but "finding" is a partial definition. Exploiting is very important and you need many ppl for maintenance
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also for testing
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sounds like a nice way to create jobs for the economy!
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