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> Our government friends at the NSA are equally guilty of that as well, I'm not seeing much outrage over that either. Indeed, all those NSA ransomware attacks
by rosndo 5y ago
> Our government friends at the NSA are equally guilty of that as well, I'm not seeing much outrage over that either.
Indeed, all those NSA ransomware attacks on hospitals have to stop!
Perhaps they’re not actually equally guilty and the NSA is far more careful with their approach than the Russians?
The NotPetya wiper worm was released by the Russian government, the NSA has never been accused of anything similar.
This kind of false equivalency is nothing but dishonest, you should be ashamed of yourself.
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- foverzar 5y agoWhy are you repeating a propaganda rhetoric that was designed specifically to target people who don't understand how computer networks and infosec works?
- rosndo 5y agoGo on, explain.
- zelon88 5y ago> The NotPetya wiper worm was released by the Russian government, the NSA has never been accused of anything similar. Indeed. When the US released Stuxnet it was specifically made to be discreet and dormant unless activated on a specific target. Russia just throws a pipe bomb into the room and hopes the door is thick enough to withstand the blast.
- Sophira 5y ago> The NotPetya wiper worm was released by the Russian government, the NSA has never been accused of anything similar. Of course it has. The NSA was accused of created Stuxnet, the worm that targeted Iran industrial control systems (such as nuclear power plants). Wikipedia[0] says: > On 1 June 2012, an article in The New York Times said that Stuxnet is part of a US and Israeli intelligence operation named Operation Olympic Games, devised by the NSA under President George W. Bush and executed under President Barack Obama. and: > A Wired magazine article about US General Keith B. Alexander stated: "And he and his cyber warriors have already launched their first attack. The cyber weapon that came to be known as Stuxnet was created and built by the NSA in partnership with the CIA and Israeli intelligence in the mid-2000s." [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuxnet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuxnet