[OrlandoHakim]

It makes me sad that we have de-humanized everyday Russian and now Bellorussian citizens for the crimes of their totalitarian governments.

I could see an argument if these were functioning democracies but they are not. Imagine if everyday Americans had to face punitive sanctions or like in this case outright theft because their democratically elected governments chose to invade a country (like Iraq) on false pretenses and proceed to kill hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians (again, speaking of Iraq)

What Russia is doing in Ukraine is unconscionable, but in a totalitarian government, individual citizens have infinitely less agency than they do in the west. Even in the US, remember how little agency everyday Americans had to fight the governments decision to invade Iraq and Afghanistan after 9/11.

This ethical hacker did nothing wrong. The funds should have been frozen, not stolen without due process. It’s almost like HackerOne is begging for retribution. Let’s hope they don’t reap what they sow.

Cyberwar sounds pretty scary right now.

[sschueller]

Seriously, they could have frozen the assets and waited. Instead they decided to rob the individual like the US robbed the Afghanistan central bank.

They have proven that they can't be trusted and you are better of selling your exploit on the dark web for crypto.