Nation-states have had comparable security tools in some form for much longer.

“Uh, you know, uh, there's also, you know... And there's just financial reward for them. There's, uh, bug bounties that, uh, they get paid, uh, out, uh, you know, sizable amounts. Um, uh, but, uh, it's, it's given the tools that honestly the nation states have had in some form, uh, for much longer.”