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Russia would know that any fake stories it posts after hacking the BBC will be immediately taken down and corrected. Not only that, but it lets Western governme
by AndrewBissell 6y ago
Russia would know that any fake stories it posts after hacking the BBC will be immediately taken down and corrected. Not only that, but it lets Western governments know Russia has that capability and take measures to counter it. There's a lot more damage they could do with hacked news sites than just "discrediting NATO." They get little or no benefit out of a hack like this.
On the other hand, if this thread is any indication, domestic intelligence agencies which want to foment anti-Russian sentiment can get a lot of mileage out of the idea this is another dastardly cyberattack by the Russkies.
- KingOfCoders 6y agoThe killing of Russians in the UK and Germany (and elsewhere) was also by domestic intelligence agencies? And the BND and MI6 cooperated on these killings? Otherwise Western governments would know GRU capabilities?
- AndrewBissell 6y agoRussia has a strong interest in and pattern of silencing regime critics, so no, I think those killings were almost certainly carried out by Russia. I'm not sure what their interest would be in using this once-and-done hack to post a bunch of articles about NATO that no one will even read.