Meet MonsterMind, the NSA Bot That Could Wage Cyberwar Autonomously

Edward Snowden has made us painfully aware of the government’s sweeping surveillance programs over the last year.

But a new program, currently being developed at the NSA, suggests that surveillance may fuel the government’s cyber defense capabilities, too.

The NSA whistleblower says the agency is developing a cyber defense system that would instantly and autonomously neutralize foreign cyberattacks against the US, and could be used to launch retaliatory strikes as well.

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