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No word on who was arrested or who their victims were. All we have to confirm the story is political posturing from two global superpowers over an arrest in a
by CiPHPerCoder 10y ago
No word on who was arrested or who their victims were.
All we have to confirm the story is political posturing from two global superpowers over an arrest in a third country. This sounds like the opening act of a cold war era political struggle. War by proxy, etc.
Can we please not repeat that chapter in history?
Or, if we're going to do so, at least not use hackers as the pawns in this sick game? I'd appreciate at least that much.
- throwawayReply 10y agoOpening act? I think we're well past act 1 scene 1, there's a literal proxy war happening right now in Syria.
- dkopi 10y agoWhich part do you consider an opening act of a cold war? Launching a cyber attack in a foreign country - or arresting someone who launched a cyber attack?
- CiPHPerCoder 10y agoAll of the above, really. I meant act in a literary sense, not as in "one specified unit of verb".
- elsewhen 10y agoto be truly accurate, it is _allegedly_ launching a cyber attack.
- dllthomas 10y agoI read it as "opening act of a political struggle", where the struggle is of "cold war era" style.
- empath75 10y agoProbably that hacker shouldn't have worked for Russian intelligence while living in a NATO country. I'd expect the same for an NSA hacker working out of Turkmenistan or something.
- tome 10y agoIs there any benefit to a Russian hacker not working from Russia?
- kybernetyk 10y agoThe EU has a higher standard of living. So maybe he just prefers living in Czech Rep.?
- CiPHPerCoder 10y agoAll I'm saying is I don't like where this is going, and I think it's eerily similar to a path both countries have traveled before. If history must repeat, I'd rather not have the world's hackers get dragged into the struggle. I hate politics in my technology, dammit.
- tptacek 10y agoI'm still not clear on where you think this is going. He was arrested by the FBI, not rendered by the CIA. He's being charged with a crime. It's a crime that both the Czech Republic and the US have recognized as a crime for a long time.
- CiPHPerCoder 10y ago> I'm still not clear on where you think this is going. Further political strife and possibly even all-out war, especially if warmer heads get elected. > He was arrested by the FBI, not rendered by the CIA. He's being charged with a crime. It's a crime that both the Czech Republic and the US have recognized as a crime for a long time. Is he going to be prosecuted in the Czech Republic and (if the prosecution is successful) sentenced to a prison term in the Czech Republic, guaranteed, without any possibility of extradition to US or Russia?
- tptacek 10y agoNo, he's going to be extradited to the US and tried for crimes in the US.
- mercurysmessage 10y agoIt's the new frontier of warfare and espionage. Like it or not these tactics are here to stay.