“you know who’s behind it? minnesota,” trump said. “because they’re grossly incompetent. i think the governor’s behind it. i don’t think there was an iranian cyberattack. i think minnesota ought to get its act together.”
he went further, dismissing the notion that iran had the capacity or interest to be involved at all: “they like to say, ‘oh, it was iran.’ iran should be so lucky. iran’s got bigger problems than worrying about minnesota.”
I do not. If I were to bet, I would guess it’s the same people or related groups to the last incident.
Russian state policy is to allow any sort of hacking as long as it’s not aimed at Russian assets. No penalty. These groups just want their bag.
Ok good point. It’s possible also that Russia or China can collab with or act for Iran, or use it as cover as you suggest right.
I think they’re implying that it’s not actually a nation state threat actor, that Russian cyber criminals looking to exploit systems for money are able to act with impunity so long as they don’t target Russians (hence “want their bag”). Most incidents are financially motivated.
From my perspective, you’re not wrong. Information sharing is a thing and all of them have a common interest of diminishing USA hegemony.