>Should your immediate reaction be to assume the statement is false? No, they have provided evidence, their statement they were assaulted by x. Whether that ev

>Should your immediate reaction be to assume the statement is false? No, they have provided evidence, their statement they were assaulted by x. Whether that evidence is reliable is a different matter. Not making your mind up but proceeding as if they are telling the truth is a logical action. A comparable event would be a stranger coming to you, saying person y was assaulted, and there is evidence x was responsible. You have no way of knowing how strong the evidence is, or if it even exists. And their motive for telling you this is unclear. The burden is on them to provide some kind of evidence before that statement should even be considered undetermined. In this case, I don't doubt the ransomware attack happened, and I assume they have some idea of who is responsible as ransomware requires communication with the hackers. The claim that they have links to the Chinese government is extraordinary enough that evidence is required.