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Why is it deliberately obtuse to think that some of China's billion people could be independent black hat hackers? Are they incapable of being evil or greedy?
by boomboomsubban 5y ago
Why is it deliberately obtuse to think that some of China's billion people could be independent black hat hackers? Are they incapable of being evil or greedy?
- sidlls 5y agoThey're not incapable of either. Are they as motivated as the government? In general, no. Genocidal dictatorships are more motivated than random script kiddies and "evil" black hat hackers to go after high profile government and government-adjacent (infrastructure) targets.
- boomboomsubban 5y agoAs the other commenter pointed out, these weren't really high profile targets. Hell, security groups found evidence they were planning to mine crypto on some of the servers. You don't need to be purposefully ignorant to question if private hackers were involved.