• incici
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    2 years ago

    reuters is just reporting on a blog article, and assuming that the people who published that blog are what they say they are.

    this is tabloid level nonsense.

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      2 years ago

      Fine, do your own damn search, it’s not hard. Russia cybercrime ransomware. This is a well known tactic by the Kremlin.

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        2 years ago

        This is a well known propaganda tactic from American intelligence agencies.

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          And a minimal effort search would bring up dozens of articles about how pervasive this Russian tactic is. I’m not even that dialed into the security community and I’ve heard plenty about it.

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            2 years ago

            Are any of those articles true?

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              2 years ago

              Are you doubting this based on expertise or knee jerk suspicion of anything unflattering of Russia?

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                No, I’m just saying that I don’t trust the word of American government or their affiliates on this.