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2. You thought they were someone else Attribution in the cyberspace is still pretty shaky, even though there have been some high profile accusations flying aro
by waihtis 6y ago
2. You thought they were someone else
Attribution in the cyberspace is still pretty shaky, even though there have been some high profile accusations flying around lately. Sometimes you see links being drawn to GRU on the basis of things like some executable having a compile time matching to a Russian time zone or a file being last modified by a user called "Dmitry."
Seeing as the IC cyber business is already murky as hell, who knows which party is actually doing what. I think only the PLA plays with slightly more open cards, mostly because they just don't give a damn about being caught.
- boomboomsubban 6y ago> I think only the PLA plays with slightly more open cards, mostly because they just don't give a damn about being caught This kind of reputation makes them the an easy target for every other actor to take advantage of.
- bonestamp2 6y ago> I think only the PLA plays with slightly more open cards, mostly because they just don't give a damn about being caught. This tactic was invented by the KGB. It's not that they don't care, it's that if it looks like you did it, and there was no apparent attempt to conceal that it was you, then it actually seems more like you were framed by someone else and you didn't do it. In other words, the truth acts like its own disinformation campaign because people often assume the real criminal would try to conceal themselves.
- White_Wolf 6y agoI'm not sure your average Joe with no tech knowledge thinks that far. I'd say that most people that this sort of information at face value and don't bother to delve into it.
- closeparen 6y agoI always assumed that the KGB/FSB were and are so brazen because the state wants you to know about and fear its power.