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baxtryesterday at 4:18 PM3 repliesview on HN

Not sure if that’s the right way to divide the world.

Actually, poor countries can leverage cyber to pose a much bigger threat than they could traditionally.

Or in other words: Cyber can be used for asymmetric warfare. In relative terms, poor countries cause a lot more damage than rich ones.


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hojofpodgeyesterday at 4:31 PM

There's also great potential to build misattribution in. Just pause between combining the attacks from the Internet and renaming variables to watch a Dolph Lundgren movie.

alephnerdyesterday at 4:21 PM

This. Also do not underestimate developing countries internal security budgets. Most middle income countries can now afford DACH sized cybersecurity procurement deals.

JoeCortopassiyesterday at 9:20 PM

I think you missed the parents point. They were saying they don't have the resources for proper defense, my guess is parent would agree about their offensive capabilities