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What makes you think anyone involved will experience any consequences here? Do you think that Russia is going to help some US municipality identify and then ex
by fuzzylightbulb 5y ago
What makes you think anyone involved will experience any consequences here? Do you think that Russia is going to help some US municipality identify and then extradite these "ransomware pushers"? And the fact that a local police department has surplus military gear doesn't even mean that they can use in in the next town over, let alone an ocean away. The "hackers" are about as safe as can be.
Now if international relations completely flipflopped and it suddenly became Putin's prerogative to cooperate with the West, then they'd be in trouble. But the odds of that happening any time soon are basically zero.
- cyberpunk 5y agoA lot of them get caught by stupidity also, like going in holiday to the EU or such. They have a target on their backs, doesn’t seem worth it to me..