Re:SATCOM terminals under attack in Europe: a plausible anal...
by CoastalCoder on Monday March 07, 2022 @04:13PM
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> What’s the point of a false flag if nobody knows about it?
I agree. A false-flag attack is all about optics.
But IIUC the GP, they're saying the SATCOM failure isn't widely known, so it wouldn't make sense as a false-flag attack.
That's where GP loses me. Because we are discussing it here, as members of the general public. And the discussion isn't limited to a small nerdy site like HN; it's also being covered by Reuters [0].
I agree. A false-flag attack is all about optics.
But IIUC the GP, they're saying the SATCOM failure isn't widely known, so it wouldn't make sense as a false-flag attack.
That's where GP loses me. Because we are discussing it here, as members of the general public. And the discussion isn't limited to a small nerdy site like HN; it's also being covered by Reuters [0].
[0] https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/satellite-outage-kno...