Being a recognized as a sovereign state seems to be the important part. The US otherwise tends to have an extremely long reach for capturing foreign hackers and

Being a recognized as a sovereign state seems to be the important part. The US otherwise tends to have an extremely long reach for capturing foreign hackers and cybercriminals. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/07/us-nabs-a-hacker-in-the-maldives-but-russia-sees-it-as-kidnapping/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/07/us-na...