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[–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago (7 children)

Or maybe some Russian State backed programmers have tried to slip in backdoors in various key systems, numerous times. Including one that almost went live on millions of machines.

[–] griefstricken@lemmy.ml 0 points 6 hours ago (4 children)

Even Wikipedia, which is a shockingly bloodthirsty pro-NATO outlet, admits there is zero proof that a "Russian state actor" did this, there are just "western security experts" claiming it (as usual), and opinion is divided.

Did you even read this or do you just vaguely remember a Wired article? I have been able to see through these obvious ploys since I was a teenager reading about cold war propaganda (okay that was like 5 years ago but still SMDH)

Great sign for discussion that hacking is still being treated by Redditors as Russian, Chinese, and North Korean until proven otherwise. 🤕

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world -1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] griefstricken@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

I wonder if there are any official US documents declaring an intent to hide cyberattacks under the flags of foreign nations? 🤭 Wouldn't that be droll?

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