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minus-squareincicilinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down3·2 years agoreuters 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.
minus-squarepingvenolinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down5·2 years agoFine, do your own damn search, it’s not hard. Russia cybercrime ransomware. This is a well known tactic by the Kremlin.
minus-squareincicilinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down4·2 years agoThis is a well known propaganda tactic from American intelligence agencies.
minus-squarepingvenolinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down4·2 years agoAnd 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.
minus-squarepingvenolinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down4·2 years agoAre you doubting this based on expertise or knee jerk suspicion of anything unflattering of Russia?
minus-squareincicilinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down4·2 years agoNo, I’m just saying that I don’t trust the word of American government or their affiliates on this.
minus-squarepingvenolinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down3·2 years agoOkay, this article goes over the justification in more detail.
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.
Fine, do your own damn search, it’s not hard.
Russia cybercrime ransomware. This is a well known tactic by the Kremlin.This is a well known propaganda tactic from American intelligence agencies.
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.
Are any of those articles true?
Are you doubting this based on expertise or knee jerk suspicion of anything unflattering of Russia?
No, I’m just saying that I don’t trust the word of American government or their affiliates on this.
Okay, this article goes over the justification in more detail.
BBC is owned by the UK government.