Of course I knew what you were talking about; the war media has been beating this drum for at least a week even though it was obvious from the start that Colonial do shit work and grasp at any straw to excuse that. Anyone who wants to see more of that CYA bullshit can find plenty to see, so your jingoistic and warmongering comment has no place in this thread. Foment war among nuclear powers elsewhere.
What a complete waste of time it is discussing anything on HN that you touch.
You might want to ask the "actual" [?] "professionals" who "specialize in attribution" whether attribution has anything to do with this episode. (Not the episode in TFA, remember, but rather the one you decided [for political reasons?] to talk about instead.) You concede that Darkside are the authors of the hack, and credit at least some of their communication about it. What attribution remains to be done? The actual expertise in attribution among computer security professionals is in identifying and profiling tools and techniques. The amateur psychology and geopolitical analysis we sometimes see quoted in the war media as "attribution" is just bullshit.
If you're in this thread discussing TFA which does not contain the string "Russia" for the obvious reasons, then you are indeed wasting your time. If you're just trying to clear up some intellectually debilitating confusion, then please continue the discussion.
