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In an otherwise well written and accessible article, I found the naming of example nations gratuitous: > some researchers believe only a nation with formidable hacking chops, such as Russia or China, could have attempted it. … or the US, UK, Israel, Germany, France, Canada, Australia, DPRK, Japan, etc, and the security offence companies that work as a supply chain for such nations in provision of embedded exploits. It’s based on very weak logic, but perhaps “Jia Tan” rules out China. |
The Stasi sometimes used real names for cover names as well so you could draw no conclusions at all from a fake identity, not even by process of elimination. At the end of the day I don't think you can infer anything from the names or geolocations involved.