NSA revives 'Tailored Access Operations' name for elite hacking unit

Source: The Record

The National Security Agency has rebranded its elite hacking division, though the new name will be familiar to anyone who has followed the spy agency's history of offensive cyber operations. NSA last week changed the moniker of its Office of Computer Network Operations (CNO) back to Tailored Access Operations (TAO), a name that is sure to elicit nostalgia among the broader digital community for a group with roots in the early 1990s. The switch is part of a reorganization by NSA’s new leadership to make the largest electronic spy agency in the world more adept at facing evolving digital threats from China, Russia and others. Full Story