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Ferelwing t1_ja4ab7r wrote

Reply to comment by japadobo in German minister warns of ‘massive’ danger from Russian hackers | Nancy Faeser says Ukraine war has exacerbated German cybersecurity concerns by misana123

If they outsource the hacks or send their hackers elsewhere in the world then cutting the cable isn't going to work. That doesn't even get into how easy it would be to reroute the traffic to another location that isn't "cut off", they could just reroute through China if they wanted to. China being their ally they could just use the cables that run there. To stop the hacking it would require people to actually follow the best practices for IT security and let's be honest here, the vast majority of people don't and it only takes one mistake to leave your network open.

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flinnbicken t1_ja4v49y wrote

I've seen a lot of them coming through Dubai as someone who works in cybersecurity.

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Ferelwing t1_ja4wlc6 wrote

I am not surprised at all. Considering how interconnected everyone is there really isn't a way to "cut Russia off".

My brother says that ransomware and state sponsored infiltrations for the most part are the most common forms these days. Is that what you're seeing as well? (He's also in cybersecurity)

If what he mentioned is the main behaviors then even if we got rid of cables that doesn't prevent satellites etc. Sure they'd be "slower" but if all one has to do is connect to set it off there's not really much need for a fast connection. As for bot networks with DDOS, I doubt they need a fast connection to set off the attack either.

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VegasKL t1_ja5jqa2 wrote

>I am not surprised at all. Considering how interconnected everyone is there really isn't a way to "cut Russia off".

Pretty much. Except for maybe very poor nations, it's impossible to isolate them as all they need is a beachhead somewhere where they can then bounce their connections all around (to hide said beachhead). In Russia's case, that could be a satellite connection to another country or even some form of line of sight connection over a border. Just to name a very few.

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