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Gauss

Offensive Cyber Weapons · 2012

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Gauss

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MASS (Military Archive Scoring System) 91

* Absolute score — assessed within category · no era adjustment

Impact

Sophistication

Stealth

Target Reach

Persistence

Adaptability

Attribution Difficulty

Scalability

Zero-Day Use

Strategic Impact

Methodology ↗ → Offensive Cyber Weapons ranking

CategoryOffensive Cyber Weapons

EraModern Era

In service2012

⊕ History

Data Quality81%

MASS(Military Archive Scoring System)

⊟ Offensive Cyber Weaponsranking ↗methodology ↗

Offensive Cyber Weapons MASS Rating

1/6

Modern Era

1/6

All-Time

Offensive Cyber Weapons · 10 axes scored

Impact

Sophistication

Stealth

Target Reach

Persistence

Adaptability

Attribution Difficulty

Scalability

Zero-Day Use

Strategic Impact

ⓘ Regardless of era, the same scoring system applies to all units in the offensive cyber weapons category.

01 / Overview

Gauss

Category

Offensive Cyber Weapons

Production

2012–

💰 PERFORMANCE / PRICE ASSESSMENT Methodology ↗

OFFENSIVE CYBER WEAPONS · MODERN ERA

PERFORMANCE/PRICE

UNIT COST (2025 USD)

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MASS SCORE ↗

offensive cyber weapons category

ⓘ Performance/Price and MASS score are computed across all units in the offensive cyber weapons category, regardless of era.

02 / Specs & Design

03 / History

SERVICE LIFESPANRetired

2012Production started

years in service

04 / MASS Score

OFFENSIVE CYBER WEAPONS RANKING Offensive Cyber Weapons · Modern Era

#1 Gauss (this weapon) 91 #2

Stuxnet 88 #3

NotPetya 87

MASS RANKINGSMASS ↗

1OFFENSIVE CYBER WEAPONS 1MODERN ERA · OFFENSIVE CYBER WEAPONS 2PERFORMANCE/PRICE · OFFENSIVE CYBER WEAPONS

ⓘ Rankings are within theOffensive Cyber Weaponscategory.

Offensive Cyber Weapons Modern Era

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