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by viro 1876 days ago
So this a super hot take, but someone is asking for an ass whooping. This is basically an act of war. I'm going to just leave it at that. This isn't some random hack, kinetic attack demands kinetic response.
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And what if the US was the one who created the technology and started using it first?
Who ever made the order to use it on non-soldiers in a non-combat zone should go to jail for life.
Who exactly would you like to go to war with? The martians?
Who ever is intently committing war crimes against diplomats on American soil. did you not read the brain damage part?
Attribution is hard with digital attacks.

In hacker communities, it's considered best practice to avoid making enemies — a good policy.

As mentioned, this is a kinetic attack.

Attribution will still be hard, but the motivation to attribute (correctly) will be much much higher than most cyber attacks.