Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Government</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/hackers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hackers</span></a> are leading the use of attributed <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/zerodays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zerodays</span></a><br>Google’s says number of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/0day" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>0day</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/exploits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>exploits</span></a> — flaws unknown to the software makers at the time hackers abused them — had dropped from 98 exploits in 2023 to 75 exploits in 2024. But the report noted that of the proportion of zero-days that Google could attribute — meaning identifying the hackers who were responsible for exploiting them — at least 23 zero-day exploits were linked to government-backed hackers. <br><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/29/government-hackers-are-leading-the-use-of-attributed-zero-days-google-says/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techcrunch.com/2025/04/29/gove</span><span class="invisible">rnment-hackers-are-leading-the-use-of-attributed-zero-days-google-says/</span></a></p>