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> The data from these companies was put up for sale on the Russian-speaking cybercrime forum Just russia being russia, as usual.
by beretguy 2y ago
> The data from these companies was put up for sale on the Russian-speaking cybercrime forum
Just russia being russia, as usual.
- KoftaBob 2y agoYour daily evidence that modern Russia is essentially just an organized crime ring with oil reserves and nukes.
- shrubble 2y agoI don't think naming things that apply to USA also, is quite the win you think it is.
- pizzafeelsright 2y agoThat's just "government"
- cabirum 2y agoYes, any country that is not your ally or vassal is an "organized crime ring". It's safer to be with oil and nukes, than without them you know.
- mc32 2y agoPeople in ex-USSR also speak/write Russian, so while I have no doubt Russians frequent the forum, lots of others from their sphere of influence also visit that forum. Don't assume everyone on HN is a 5-eyes resident.
- cabirum 2y agoThe screenshot shows the post in English. The website domain is Indian. The seller contact xmpp.cn in China. But no, we'll keep blaming Russia for everything.
- WhackyIdeas 2y agoI agree. Every single security thing that happens is put on Russia. Typical propaganda. If we were pre-Ukraine, it’d be China getting all the blame (like it used to be). I’m not pro-Russia, I’m just anti-bullshit.
- dralley 2y ago>I agree. Every single security thing that happens is put on Russia. This is transparently false. Both Russia and China have copped blame for various recent attacks. And the fact of the matter is that Russian hackers are extremely active at the moment, and were even before 2022. See for example: https://www.wired.com/story/notpetya-cyberattack-ukraine-russia-code-crashed-the-world/ https://www.wired.com/story/notpetya-cyberattack-ukraine-rus... >If we were pre-Ukraine, it’d be China getting all the blame (like it used to be). Russia was behind the Solarwinds hack, which is the most widely covered one in the past decade. Ironically the Chinese were also independently exploiting Solarwinds to break into government agencies, but that didn't get much attention.
- WhackyIdeas 2y agoWhen they don’t know who did something, they say Russia. I suppose it makes sense to say that I live in the UK. Depending on where you are in the world, you may be hearing blame on Russia passed a lot less. But in the UK, it is constant. It is tiresome. Regarding how active Russian hackers are, I bet they are not any more active than GCHQ, NSA etc. they are all at it. God, even Israel will sell their Pegasus to any dictator who will pay them the money.
- Booleans 2y agoThere’s a reason a lot of malware won’t install on a user’s computer if it detects they’re using a Russian keyboard.
- senderista 2y agoHave we already forgotten about all the cybercrime originating from Ukraine?