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Re:European wind-energy sector hit in wave of hacks by pydry on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @01:19PM (#31170273)
It's not that complicated. The US has is fairly open about how much they hate Germany's friendly relationship with Russia for years and has been on a near constant campaign to shame Germany into doing more to oppose them.

This hack attack "attacks" Germany without actually doing any meaningful damage. It serves US interests more than Russian.

>Really 9 times out of 10 it's the obvious.

9 out of 10 hack attacks are attributed on the basis of little more than an IP address and the politically convenient culprit is blamed. It'd be an easy thing to get away with.

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Re:European wind-energy sector hit in wave of hacks by kadoban on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @01:55PM (#31170793)
> This hack attack "attacks" Germany without actually doing any meaningful damage. It serves US interests more than Russian.

The US has little to gain, Germany<->Russia relations are already in the trash. Why bother trying to achieve what Russia already did for you?

The US has a _lot_ to lose and extremely little to gain. If they were shown to be at fault it would be a huge PR win for Russia and would basically tank the goodwill that intra-NATO has gained.

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