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dclxvi616 t1_jc9x00h wrote

Reply to comment by PerformanceRadiant in Ransomware gang leaks Lehigh Valley Health Network cancer patient photos as part of data hack by Aggravating_Foot_528

What benefit? Millions of dollars in potential ransom money. They are essentially Russians. It’s not so much that they’re protected by the law, it’s that the options to pursue them under any semblance of jurisdiction is going to look like military intervention or hoping they come visit the US, assuming we even know their identities.

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ThinkySushi t1_jca0ww9 wrote

Ooh they are Russian...

Is, is this the modern version of being a privateer?

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dclxvi616 t1_jca1dg5 wrote

I’m not sure if this particular group is state-sanctioned but many are, likely with plausible deniability. Ransomware attacks have been hitting hard and heavy over the past few years.

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