Reply to post: Re: The NSA isn't trying to exploit everything it can find

Biden to Putin: Get your ransomware gangs under control and don’t you dare cyber-attack our infrastructure

DS999 Silver badge

Re: The NSA isn't trying to exploit everything it can find

Well that "starting with a generic phish" is the big difference. If the NSA hacks you, it is because you were specifically targeted and there's nothing you can do to secure yourself other than unplugging (not the network cable, the power cable)

The reason you blame the Russians is because we know where these criminal gangs are, they know where these criminal gangs are. If Putin wanted them to stop, they'd stop because they would like the inside of a Russian prison a lot less than the inside of an American prison.

Personally I think the switch from low value to high value targets in the past months could not have occurred without Putin's blessing. Previously the government probably told "as long as you don't attract too much attention in your targets we won't bother you". With Trump gone there was no longer any reason for Putin to hold them back.

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