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Re:U.S. Escalates Online Attacks on Russia’s Power Grid by majos on Saturday June 15, 2019 @09:26PM (#20193258)
What do you mean by "these incidents are meant to keep each other awake"? Why would you want to keep a competitor awake?
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Re:U.S. Escalates Online Attacks on Russia’s Power Grid by PhasmaFelis on Sunday June 16, 2019 @12:36AM (#20193865)
Keep them wary, so they don't get overconfident and try something that both sides will wind up regretting.
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Re:U.S. Escalates Online Attacks on Russia’s Power Grid by manigandham on Sunday June 16, 2019 @06:16AM (#20194797)
More of a show of force. The same way militaries physically project power to let the other side know what's possible.
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