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They are certainly identifiable from their work. State hackers are professionals and they work like other professionals do; they work 9-5 in their local time zone and they have modular implants with code reuse. Amateurs aren't like this.


That's basically the only argument I've heard so far - if a hacking activity happens between 06:00 UTC and 14:00 UTC then it must be the Russians, otherwise it's someone else. Doesn't sound like a very strong argument?

"Modular implants with code reuse" - sounds like exploit kits you can buy on hacking forums.


> "Modular implants with code reuse" - sounds like exploit kits you can buy on hacking forums.

This isn't a category argument, they're using a different one than what you can get on forums.




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