To hide it, governments of different countries are and will be subject to cyber attacks, but as you know: "If you can not beat your enemy, Team up" and that is what is intended with this type of competition that take out.

In the U.S., both government and private companies want to know the behaviors and the modus operandi of these cybercriminals and the best way is to take a group of great minds of the scene and "converted" to the right side of the law.

Moreover, I have been amused by the comparison made in Newsweek with Professor Charles Xavier X-Men and Alan Paller, Director and Co-founder of the Sans Institute, which has over 20 years trying to re-educate young cybercriminals to serve their country and protect it from such external attacks.