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> aren't actively forcing anything You mean like a worm destroying Iranian PLCs?

• quackyodata 6y ago
  That wasn't just the USA, and it turned into a boondoggle which embarrassed the perpetrators and gave the appearance that targeted cyberattacks were high-cost/low-impact. I suppose that it is a diplomat's job to appear stupid until they have stolen your shoes, but I'm not sure anybody can act that well. My confidence in the West's ability to perpetuate an offensive cyber war is pretty low. Our main advantage is the quantity of servers/data that reside in/flow through our borders, but that's not too hard to dodge. Cryptocurrencies also erase the hammer of losing access to US financing.
• mastax 6y ago
  The Iranian government is not a significant source of ransomware, to my knowledge, so I don't see how that's relevant at all.
  • qeternity 6y ago
    Stuxnet was/is a worm that attacked air gapped PLC systems at Iran’s Natanz nuclear enrichment facility. It was the most sophisticated piece of malware ever discovered, allegedly by US/Israeli operatives.