Norway officially accuses Russia for cyberattacks on parliament

Re:Norway officially accuses Russia for cyberattacks on parl... by hutzlibu on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @06:04PM (#24770850)

So you do think, that norwegian intelligence is twisting thumbs?

But not to get misunderstood, no I don't believe what norway is doing is on par with what russia is doing. But I never said that. I just challenged your claim:

"I really doubt Norway ever made a cyberattack on a Russian (or any other) government institution."

Because if the norwegian intelligence service never hacked any government institution then they would be very nice. But then they would be the first nice one of their kind.

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Re:Norway officially accuses Russia for cyberattacks on parl... by goblin89 on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @07:14PM (#24771410)

There are countries that have military and didn’t have to use it for offensive purposes against another country. Not having it would be foolish because of rogue actors (case in point, Russia).

Similarly, there may well be countries that have intelligence agencies and did not have to use them for offensive purposes. Those agents may be twiddling thumbs, or more likely they may be working to detect and counteract offensive actions of other countries’ intelligence agencies.

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