Re:Royal Mail dismisses ‘absurd’ $80M ransom demand
by f38zf5vdt on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @02:23PM
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Plausible deniability only gets a country so far. In historical terms state-sponsored terrorism has warranted military action when the severity evolves enough. It's hard to consider British soldiers fighting for Ukrainian sovereignty in the same realm as disrupting children's hospitals. [1][2] I had read that one of the attacks had disrupted imaging systems and prevented diagnoses from being reached, delaying treatments.
[1] https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/fbi-disrupts-hive-rans... [2] https://therecord.media/canadas-largest-childrens-hospital-s...
Re:Royal Mail dismisses ‘absurd’ $80M ransom demand
by robotnikman on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @02:56PM
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I have no doubt that the Russian government has been taking its cut from criminals deploying ransomware in their country, and only going after criminals who don't provide their share. Even more so with Russia trying to fund an ongoing war where they are losing a lot of equipment and men.
Re:Royal Mail dismisses ‘absurd’ $80M ransom demand
by snapcaster on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @03:51PM
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Its so crazy to say something like "i have no doubt" about something you don't seem to have any experience or expertise in
If the Russian STATE did this yes. But we don't generally consider the act of citizens/organizations/criminal enterprises within a state as a state action unless it's clearly state sponsored. You definitely could make that argument, but it's not a given.
For example, we don't consider the 3000 British people fighting alongside Ukraine against the Russians [1] to be part of the UK state, so their fighting isn't an act of war either.
[1] https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-war-3-000-british-volunte...