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Re:Key Modi rival Rahul Gandhi among potential Indian target... by connectsnk on Monday July 19, 2021 @11:41AM (#27883841)
The malware could have been planted by a foreign spying agency which won’t be the first time such a thing has happened. The wording of the title makes you assume an adversary just because the title lists them first.
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Re:Key Modi rival Rahul Gandhi among potential Indian target... by naturalauction on Monday July 19, 2021 @12:05PM (#27884145)
That foreign adversary would have had great timing then.

> The selection of Indian numbers largely commenced around the time of Modi’s 2017 trip to Israel, the first visit to the country by an Indian prime minister and a marker of the burgeoning relationship between the two states, including billions of dollars in deals between Delhi and Israeli defence industries.

Modi and the then Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, were pictured during the trip walking barefoot together on a beach. Days before, Indian targets had started being selected.

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Re:Key Modi rival Rahul Gandhi among potential Indian target... by sss111 on Monday July 19, 2021 @12:46PM (#27884697)
No need to get snarky. I recommend you read this: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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Re:Key Modi rival Rahul Gandhi among potential Indian target... by srean on Monday July 19, 2021 @01:03PM (#27884889)
The general principle to follow in these cases is to find out who benefits. You will be correct most of the time than not.
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