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Re:A wiper attack paralyzed the Iranian train system by dhosek on Sunday August 01, 2021 @09:21PM (#28031932)
My understanding of the sanctions regime is that it's not legal to sell software to Iran, so how do they get Microsoft Windows in the first place? Is the country running on pirated software?
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Re:A wiper attack paralyzed the Iranian train system by kristofferR on Sunday August 01, 2021 @09:25PM (#28031966)
Pretty much. The US has banned Iran from joining WTO 22 times, so Iran has reciprocated by not caring about IP violations at all.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_property_in_Iran

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Re:A wiper attack paralyzed the Iranian train system by roxaaaane on Sunday August 01, 2021 @09:23PM (#28031952)
Well yes actually, it's pretty common I've worked on government systems (not Iran but close and not embargoed) that uses pirated Windows, Office Suite.
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