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Intelligence agencies mastered fooling people about their bona fides in person a long time ago. Meeting someone in person will stop casual individuals who just
by jerf 3y ago
Intelligence agencies mastered fooling people about their bona fides in person a long time ago. Meeting someone in person will stop casual individuals who just want to crash the project for the lols or some other personal-level reason, but it would have been barely a bump in the road for this clearly-nation-state-level attack.
- lenerdenator 3y agoIt adds another layer of complexity, though, and when someone trips up (and eventually, they will), it lets us know who is doing what and why. It also adds another layer of expense and vulnerability. Part of the beauty of cyberattacks for intelligence agencies is that they are very light on tradecraft. This helps to reduce that advantage. We actually know who poisoned Alexander Litvinenko and what they're up to today, for example.[0] [0]https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-35370621 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-35370621