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Maybe it is just my lack of knowledge but why were all the recently leaked hacking tools made by US and none by Russia or China?
by dandare 10y ago
Maybe it is just my lack of knowledge but why were all the recently leaked hacking tools made by US and none by Russia or China?
- raverbashing 10y agoWhile one cannot expect editorial independence from Wikileaks, I believe the language and cultural barrier also plays an important part Not to mention those with that access level on those countries wouldn't release any information like that "for free"
- rogerthis 10y agoMaybe in Russia and China such leaks would be punishable with death penalty effectively.
- chillydawg 10y agoRussia and China have not got their stuff leaked, yet. Punishments in those countries are far more severe, too.
- LyndsySimon 10y agoMy feeling - based on reading only publicly-available resources - is that China and Russia rely more on more traditional "HUMINT" (Human Intelligence), while the US has come to rely more and more and "SIGINT" (Signals Intelligence).
- zigzigzag 10y agoThe CIA dump apparently contains malware stolen from other countries. So perhaps if/when wikileaks starts releasing them, that'll include Russian/Chinese malware. It may also be that they simply have far smaller security states, with fewer people who feel alarm at the extent of what's happening. Or maybe leaking to Wikileaks just isn't in vogue in those countries.
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- akerro 10y agoThere was recently a leak from BND (Germany) all documents in Germant. No one enjoys reading German.