Sadly, we may be about to find out which of these scenarios - or some other - eventuates.

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Often it is a function of runway, family scenarios and other external factors that allow them to find their way to success, or call it a day earlier on.

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Shachtman suggests chipping off the more defense-oriented chunk of the group to create a Cybersecurity Agency or CSA, which could more easily interact with the private sector in scenarios like the Google hacking and other public-private partnerships.

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