Ask HN: Why isn't the NSA categorized as an APT?

Israel Unit-8200 is an APT Iran has like 4 APT's under its army Why isn't the NSA categorized as an APT?

APT definition: APTs are state-run, organized, and stealthy. The NSA fits this definition.

Can someone explain this? Is it only politics?

It is perspective. From the Iranian stance, NSA is an APT and theirs is not. Likewise the UK version, Russian versions etc.

Them / Us.

Because it's not wrong when "we" (i.e. those naming who counts as APT) are doing it.

Remember the Snowden leaks? They are.

WTF is an APT?

Advanced Persistent Threat. It's a cyber security term.

Thanks. Well that answers the question. Opponents are threats, your tools to counter are not.

As in: Your gun is a threat to me, my gun is how I defend against YOUR gun.

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