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As for repercussions, notice they indicated "fear of the United States and its planning of offensive cyber operations". We don't hear a lot about US offensive
by imglorp 5y ago
As for repercussions, notice they indicated "fear of the United States and its planning of offensive cyber operations". We don't hear a lot about US offensive operations. Maybe they're ongoing but they don't get a lot of press. If that's the case maybe the need more for deterrence purposes. Does anyone have any visibility?
Also, notice they did not mention any concern the FSB would invite them for tea, pay respects to their families, or any other ... imperial entanglements. This says a world about their standing in Russia, whether tolerated, encouraged or some other arrangement.
- the-dude 5y agoStuxnet and Windows are pretty well known I would say.
- wongarsu 5y agoRussia's policy is to leave cybercrime alone as long as they don't attack Russia. A hacker group in Russia declaring to only target companies in the USA and Great Britain is like a US group that only targets Iran and China. US agencies probably wouldn't find time in their busy schedules to go after someone targeting Iran either.
- sudosysgen 5y ago*Russia and it's allies, CIS states are also off-limits. But yes, you are correct.
- nradov 5y agoHence why some malware programs won't activate if they detect the computer's keyboard layout is set to Russian.
- mcguire 5y agoYou might check out Inside Cyber Warfare by Jeffrey Carr from 2011. It's ancient, predating (AFACT) the rise of ransomware, and technically illiterate, but goes into considerable detail about the Russian cyber-crime/-war (they're the same, really) groups and their relationship to the government.