This is probably going to get super downvoted, possibly flagged, but what evidence does anyone have that they could not have stopped it?<p>I think it&#x27;s <i>PLAUSIBLE</i> that the intelligence community knew and identified this attack ahead of time, and chose to ignore it.<p>I&#x27;m not saying that&#x27;s what happened, but it wouldn&#x27;t surprise me (let&#x27;s be clear here: I&#x27;m not saying <i>they caused it</i>, I&#x27;m saying they <i>knew</i> and <i>chose</i> to do nothing).<p>That move &#x27;The Imitation Game&#x27; raised a good point: If you have the ability to read 100% of your enemies comms...what&#x27;s the best approach for defeating them?<p>The second you stop 100% of every attack you know about, the jig would be up, they&#x27;d know that their comms had been compromised, they&#x27;d switch to a different technology, and you&#x27;d be on the defensive (instead of offensive).<p>It&#x27;s not like <i>we&#x27;d even know</i> how many they stopped, I&#x27;m sure that material is so classified not even analysts have access to it, let alone would it be open to FOIA requests.<p>Anyway, just a thought.