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So I don't speak Finnish, but to commit extortion in Finland you probably need to right? Would this mean that the hackers are probably Finnish? And if that's
by gonzo41 6y ago
So I don't speak Finnish, but to commit extortion in Finland you probably need to right?
Would this mean that the hackers are probably Finnish?
And if that's the case, seeing how massive this is for the country. Wouldn't this type of action just be crazy risky for them?
Good luck to the cops, I hope they get the bad guys and there's consequences.
- hackerman_fi 6y agoThe initial post and data dump was on a Finnish TOR-based imageboard but it was written in English. It is still being discussed if the hacker actually is from Finland but uses English to not reveal that. Most Finnish people are fluent in English so it wasn't an issue. The leak was in Finnish mainstream media before the Finnish extortion mails were even sent. When the mails were sent, all hell went loose.
- Tuna-Fish 6y ago> So I don't speak Finnish, but to commit extortion in Finland you probably need to right? Reportedly, the extortionists bought translation services from a TOR chan.
- ptaipale 6y agoSorry, what does "reportedly" mean here? That word is used often in a weasel-like way to make various claims, but is there an actual source for this?
- xorcist 6y agoAt least some of the threats were reportedly in poor Finnish. Some thinks that is indicative that the extortionists aren't native. You could just as easily make the argument that they're trying to obscure that they are.