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by brilliantcode 3321 days ago
Isn't it peculiar that Russia remains the least hit or not even hit at all? It seems like the West was a clear target. Connecting the dots here, it's suffice to say Shadow Brokers serves Russian interests.

We are seeing bullet holes from what seem to have been cyber warfare between the former cold war foes.
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tankenmate 3321 days ago
Time of day, come back in 12 hours and check again.

That said the Russian government is trying to move people to local distributions of Linux, like Astra Linux, but I don't think the uptake is enough to explain low infection rate in Russia.

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brilliantcode 3321 days ago
Yeah definitely downvote manipulations going on again...

At this point I'm not even upset or shocked. It just further supports the narrative Russia is seeking to manipulate/exploit the internet to their benefit.

Considering the average Russian is poorer than an Indian, it looks like Putin is going to fuck over his country as his countrymen cheer him on and suffer in poverty and alcoholism.

The West will crush the feeble Russian economy back to Tsar days.

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dang 3321 days ago
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ghrifter 3321 days ago
Bernie's loss still sting?
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camus2 3321 days ago
> Isn't it peculiar that Russia remains the least hit or not even hit at all?

Whatever, the situation in Russia when it comes to malware and viruses is no different from anywhere else in the world. People and businesses get their computers hacked or infected all the time. So please, spare us your conspiracy theories.

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tetromino_ 3320 days ago
According to Kaspersky, Russia was by far the worst hit: https://securelist.com/blog/incidents/78351/wannacry-ransomw...

(Ukraine, India, and Taiwan were also unusually heavily affected.)

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