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I'm going to guess before I read this that Russia comes up a bunch. Update: yep. It's all Russia all the time these days.
by draw_down 10y ago
I'm going to guess before I read this that Russia comes up a bunch.
Update: yep. It's all Russia all the time these days.
- charonn0 10y agoThey are the most likely suspect, aren't they?
- wu-ikkyu 10y agoWhy are they the most likely suspect? Aside from the popular notion that they are. There are billions of people across the world who could have done this.
- fortenforge 10y agoBillions? Really? 1 in 7 people could have hacked the NSA or CIA?
- wu-ikkyu 10y agoThere is a plethora of free hacking/social engineering training and tools on the internet. Anyone with internet access and a motive has a shot.
- zigzigzag 10y agoThe logic for that appears to be circular. Schnier himself says he simply "doesn't think" Iran or North Korea are capable. Based on what, exactly? The skills to find and develop exploits are not particularly rare. This isn't atomic physics during WW2. Primarily what you need is time and money, but not a lot of time and not a lot of money. Both Iran and North Korea have proven capable of building a nuclear programme despite the efforts of the entire world to stop them, so what makes Schnier think they can't do the same for cyberwarfare which is dramatically easier to engage in? Well ... nothing. He just knows it's the Russians.