immediately thought of this article as well. really interesting. I could imagine someone using options/futures or other obscure financial instruments to make some money off this. hard to think of other motivations
Building reps for hacking all the electric cars and starting battery fires
I think Russia is doing random stuff of the kind, my understanding is it’s just about sawing general chaos, not doing a strong action that would be discussed at a diplomatic level.
Perhaps they’re motivated by Europe’s support for Ukraine and the recent data center attacks in Russia?