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> I think you are assigning too much “us vs them” to the ransomware marketplace. Attacking things in a foreign jurisdiction is massively appealing from a "wha
by majormajor 5y ago
> I think you are assigning too much “us vs them” to the ransomware marketplace.
Attacking things in a foreign jurisdiction is massively appealing from a "what will get me thrown in jail by my own government if things go wrong" perspective. You don't need any political loyalty for that calculation.
- Millenialboomer 5y agoThe problem is that state-level actors are considerably more sophisticated in their activities than what was seen here. There was a story on HN a while back that can best be summed up as "Defending against this is impossible: Mossad is gonna Mossad and there is nothing you can do about it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26591669 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26591669
- staticassertion 5y agoThere's a difference between a criminal who is state sanctioned and a state-level actor.