Maybe because it is a country using technology to attack US. It caused deaths of US citizens. And this was going for 10+ years. I have the opposite question,

Maybe because it is a country using technology to attack US. It caused deaths of US citizens. And this was going for 10+ years. I have the opposite question, why that is not brought up every time China is mentioned. https://www.naccho.org/blog/articles/cyber-attack-on-u-s-hospital-group-highlights-vulnerability-of-critical-infrastructure https://www.naccho.org/blog/articles/cyber-attack-on-u-s-hos... https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/30/att_verizon_confirm_salt_typhoon_breach/ https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/30/att_verizon_confirm_s... https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/28/cyberattacks-u-s-hospitals-00075638 https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/28/cyberattacks-u-s-ho... Yes these days more of it is Russia and DPRK (the peace loving prosperous country according to ByteDance's AI) but hmm let's see where they would get the tech from if they are banned from it otherwise