{"id":34361,"date":"2023-06-09T13:46:28","date_gmt":"2023-06-09T13:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2023\/06\/09\/us-cyber-experts-sent-to-latin-america-on-hunt-forward-mission\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:50:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:50:32","slug":"us-cyber-experts-sent-to-latin-america-on-hunt-forward-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/cyber\/2023\/06\/09\/us-cyber-experts-sent-to-latin-america-on-hunt-forward-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"US cyber experts sent to Latin America on \u2018hunt-forward\u2019 mission"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

McLEAN, Va. \u2014 U.S. cyber specialists were sent south to identify digital weaknesses on foreign networks and expose tools hackers employ, according to an official with Cyber Command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The so-called hunt-forward mission, handled by experts on the Cyber National Mission Force<\/a>, was conducted inside Southern Command\u2019s area of responsibility, which comprises more than two-dozen countries such as Argentina, Brazil, Jamaica and Nicaragua.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe had our first defend-forward mission, a hunt-forward mission, in SOUTHCOM just recently, which is amazing,\u201d Brig. Gen. Reid Novotny said June 8 at the Potomac Officers Club\u2019s Cyber Summit in McLean, Virginia. \u201cThe whole point of the defend-forward mission is to learn something on someone else\u2019s network, a partner network, another nation\u2019s network, so we can bring back that information and make sure our networks are more secure.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Novotny did not say when or where, exactly, the hunt-forward<\/a> took place. Inquiries made by C4ISRNET to CYBERCOM on Thursday were not immediately answered.<\/p>\n\n\n\t