That's because the hiddenhand behind the cutoff is Ergen's longtime nemesis Rupert Murdoch, who controls satellite competitor DirecTV and runs Fox Broadcasting.
In addition to nation-state actors, Admiral Rogers noted the increasing presence of "surrogate" criminal actors in cyberspace that serve to obscure the hiddenhand of criminal activity done on behalf of formal nation-states.
That's because the hiddenhand behind the cutoff is Ergen's longtime nemesis Rupert Murdoch, who controls satellite competitor DirecTV (nyse: DTV - news - people ) and runs Fox Broadcasting.