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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 ...".