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Why East European are suspicious? Little xenophobic?

by sccxy 3y ago

hn_throwaway_69 3y ago
It's not xenophobic, it's just realistic. If you tried to run a fake, malware-laden website in a Western country you would eventually be shut down and prosecuted. These scams mostly fester in nations with weaker institutions, not just Eastern Europe but also China and India. Their authorities are simply not interested in preventing this kind of unlawful activity.
- sccxy 3y ago
  Google is US based company, when we will see "eventually be shut down and prosecuted" for spreading malware?
- jve 3y ago
  Can you somehow quantify it or is it your gut feeling? Any articles out there? I don't know if they catch small fish as in this example, it just isn't in the news. The bigger fish happens to be in the news, like shutting down international scam call center - 2 in LV, 1 in LT. Video from police cam if anyone wants to see smashing windows: https://www.vp.gov.lv/lv/jaunums/verieniga-starptautiska-operacija-valsts-policija-partrauc-viltus-finansu-brokeru-zvanu-centru-darbibu https://www.vp.gov.lv/lv/jaunums/verieniga-starptautiska-ope... We are also being educated in many places including schools, government institutions, posters, jobs etc about the risks, about how scammers work and stuff like that.
  - jowea 3y ago
    At least for Russia itself there's plenty of articles about it. Here's one: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/05/try-this-one-weird-trick-russian-hackers-hate/ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/05/try-this-one-weird-trick... > In Russia, for example, authorities there generally will not initiate a cybercrime investigation against one of their own unless a company or individual within the country’s borders files an official complaint as a victim.
    - jve 3y ago
      > Eastern European countries, including Ukraine and Russia. Okay, the term is used in geographical context and not geopolitical.
- BLKNSLVR 3y ago
  Eastern Europe hosts 'em while big American tech advertises 'em. International cooperation for mutual profit.
acdha 3y ago
Some countries had notable levels of crime because they had the combination of smart techies with limited earning potential in their home country and governments which were either ineffectual or corrupt enough that they could make a substantial criminal income without going to jail. Similarly, the reason Nigeria was best know for phishing for years wasn’t that the people were unusually criminally-inclined but that many of their talented young people had the choice between being honest and poor or wildly rich, and unsurprising some fraction chased the easy money. Anywhere you don’t have great economic prospects for a lot of people will have this problem.

Why East European are suspicious? Little xenophobic?

by sccxy 3y ago

Why East European are suspicious? Little xenophobic?

It's not xenophobic, it's just realistic. If you tried to run a fake, malware-laden website in a Western country you would eventually be shut down and prosecuted. These scams mostly fester in nations with weaker institutions, not just Eastern Europe but also China and India. Their authorities are simply not interested in preventing this kind of unlawful activity.

sccxy 3y ago
Google is US based company, when we will see "eventually be shut down and prosecuted" for spreading malware?
jve 3y ago
Can you somehow quantify it or is it your gut feeling? Any articles out there? I don't know if they catch small fish as in this example, it just isn't in the news. The bigger fish happens to be in the news, like shutting down international scam call center - 2 in LV, 1 in LT. Video from police cam if anyone wants to see smashing windows: https://www.vp.gov.lv/lv/jaunums/verieniga-starptautiska-operacija-valsts-policija-partrauc-viltus-finansu-brokeru-zvanu-centru-darbibu https://www.vp.gov.lv/lv/jaunums/verieniga-starptautiska-ope... We are also being educated in many places including schools, government institutions, posters, jobs etc about the risks, about how scammers work and stuff like that.
- jowea 3y ago
  At least for Russia itself there's plenty of articles about it. Here's one: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/05/try-this-one-weird-trick-russian-hackers-hate/ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/05/try-this-one-weird-trick... > In Russia, for example, authorities there generally will not initiate a cybercrime investigation against one of their own unless a company or individual within the country’s borders files an official complaint as a victim.
  - jve 3y ago
    > Eastern European countries, including Ukraine and Russia. Okay, the term is used in geographical context and not geopolitical.
BLKNSLVR 3y ago
Eastern Europe hosts 'em while big American tech advertises 'em. International cooperation for mutual profit.

acdha 3y ago

Some countries had notable levels of crime because they had the combination of smart techies with limited earning potential in their home country and governments which were either ineffectual or corrupt enough that they could make a substantial criminal income without going to jail. Similarly, the reason Nigeria was best know for phishing for years wasn’t that the people were unusually criminally-inclined but that many of their talented young people had the choice between being honest and poor or wildly rich, and unsurprising some fraction chased the easy money. Anywhere you don’t have great economic prospects for a lot of people will have this problem.