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I mean, notPetya claimed to be ransomware, but you couldn't pay the ransom, so yes, at least some ransomware is politically motivated instead of financially mot

• meowface 5y ago
  This isn't considered ransomware, though, and I think it doesn't count and doesn't apply for this argument. It was just a disk wiping and infrastructure disruption operation by the Russian state against Ukraine that happened to appropriate aspects of some known ransomware family for deception/confusion/misdirection/misattribution/plausible deniability purposes.
  • enkid 5y ago
    Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying. It's not ransomware, but it pretended to be for misattribution. How are you contradicting what I said?
    • meowface 5y ago
      Because it's not an instance of politically-motivated ransomware. It's an instance of politically-motivated disk wiping. The parent poster said that it's possible the goal is not just to make money, but in this case no money could even be made. So it's just not relevant to their point. The question is if actual ransomware may be politically-motivated, e.g. if the big ransomware gangs are being encouraged by the Russian security services to generally disrupt other countries' businesses and infrastructure for geopolitical reasons. NotPetya doesn't help answer that question; it just shows the Russian government does sometimes disrupt other countries' infrastructure.