Look there!!! The Russians are EVERYWHERE!!!!
(despite the Chinese, literally, being everywhere)
Russia, the career criminal of countries
What ?
A strong Ruble and their stealing $$$ ?
Raise your hand if you have a hard time believing anything the “U.S. Government” says.
In 2008 i was lucky enough to get a gig on a white hat project to deal with increased targeting of healthcare organisations by criminal cyber gangs. First order of business was to figure out how they operate.
We tracked one group of social engineers to a small town in the Russuan Caucasus. They were using a variety of confidence tactics to isolate people in management positions or administration access. Some were susceptible to really generic spam, others needed layers of convincers. But the objective was “lateral movement” get someone to open the door onto the network and provide ways to sniff out useful targets.
Point is, 14 years ago the west wasn’t at war with Russia but Russia was actively attacking our hospitals on a daily basis.