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In reply to the discussion: Biden declares state of emergency over fuel cyber-attack [View all]getagrip_already
(14,742 posts)27. This wasn't cyber warfare - it was cyber-extortion
The goal is money, not political advantage.
And it has nothing to do with the wimpy warnings some in it made decades ago. Computer viruses were still running rampant before stuxnet.
Get over it. This has nothing to do with spy-vs-spy.
This is armed robbery. Nothing more. Nothing less.
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Here's some more on DarkSide. Can't vouch for the white hat status of the site, but
ancianita
May 2021
#10
There are several poorly researched statements, and a load of clickbait....
getagrip_already
May 2021
#33
true, but the financial burden would shift towards hardening our infrastructures
getagrip_already
May 2021
#38
Good for Joe. Now if he can just get Congress to understand that this, too, is infrastructure...
Hekate
May 2021
#17
So I wonder if any of Russia's computer systems are vulnerable to anything like this?
Calista241
May 2021
#32