All guessing of course, but disagree with the insinuation it points to Russians still.
- Rambo is not just a lame attempt at sprinkling in an American cultural reference. It is exactly what an Easter European boy in his 30s would have been looking up to back in the day.
- Other than just Russian security services can find translators. English speaking / translating ability is not a rare, expert-only domain. Could have asked a friend.
I guess at the end of the day, nobody likes to be hacked by a random loner guy. It feels more validating to be targeted by KGB's successor. As it explains away the security failures -- "Well these people torture and kill, should be glad we only got hacked by them, could have been a lot worse ...".
For example:
https://twitter.com/pwnallthethings/status/74852434881898905... No, not every fixed security issue gets a CVE. Not even 1% of them. This is why while auditing a target you'll try to get a copy of the software version they run, and any newer versions to identify patched bugs.
Why is it that .ru intelligence is even pegged as a likely candidate here? Literally nothing pointing towards them, you don't have to be an intelligence agency to pop some DNC boxes.
- Rambo is not just a lame attempt at sprinkling in an American cultural reference. It is exactly what an Easter European boy in his 30s would have been looking up to back in the day.
- Other than just Russian security services can find translators. English speaking / translating ability is not a rare, expert-only domain. Could have asked a friend.
I guess at the end of the day, nobody likes to be hacked by a random loner guy. It feels more validating to be targeted by KGB's successor. As it explains away the security failures -- "Well these people torture and kill, should be glad we only got hacked by them, could have been a lot worse ...".