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But then the source code of the nation states is hacked and anyone can pull off nation state style attacks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vault_7 https://en.wi
by rapjr9 2y ago
But then the source code of the nation states is hacked and anyone can pull off nation state style attacks:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vault_7 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vault_7
The nation states still have a money/people/breaking+entering advantage, but the cyberattack code is now something everyone has to protect against. Also some companies are important enough that they have to protect against nation state attacks, like pipeline operators, chemical plant operators, utilities, and telecom companies:
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/us/politics/chinese-hack-telecom-white-house.html https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/us/politics/chinese-hack-...
And criminals won't hestitate to use your family to blackmail you, so all the families of people with critical jobs need to be protect also, and their friends families, and...basically everybody.
- mu53 2y agoYou say criminals, but I think you meant intelligence agencies
- medo-bear 2y agoOften street criminals and other lumpen sections of society work for intelligence agencies
- westmeal 2y agoPretty much the same thing.
- ElevenLathe 2y agoA distinction without a difference.
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- ajb 2y agoIn this context, the difference is that intelligence agencies have a bigger budget: the cited hack does not show that an ordinary criminal budget would be sufficient.
- ElevenLathe 2y agoRight, and the point is that organized crime and intelligence are so intertwined that state-level resources are also open to what some would term criminals and others would term the state. Both groups would be strictly correct while still missing the point.
- hcfman 2y agoTruer words were never said.