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tenpies04/24/20252 repliesview on HN

Don't forget the third option: false flag.

The objective may not have been to obtain access or any useful data. The objective may have been to get the scary headlines about Russians and use the existing media and political agitprop to further destabilize the government you seek to color revolution away.


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DrillShopper04/24/2025

It doesn't make sense to me that an administration that by and large has been throating Putin would do that to throw more shade on Russia.

I'm not saying they didn't do that, just that it's not in line with their support for Putin and Russia. Maybe as a false flag it give Putin the cover to crack down on hacking groups that don't throat him.

lukev04/24/2025

I don't follow. Are you saying the DOGE boys are trying to give Trump bad press?

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