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Hokusai
Does this means that Russian will stop attacking other countries with Ransomware, or does it only block in one direction?
varispeed
Nothing stops Chinese hackers from using Russian VPNs and dropping some cyrillic in the code here and there...
datameta
Nothing stops Russian hackers from using Chinese VPNs and dropping some hanzi in the code here and there...

Do you see how useless and whataboutist these statements are?

Atlantium
Whataboutism is far from useless. By comparing similar subjects one can see their traits with greater clarity. When whataboutism is used to deflect from the original subject then it is useless for anyone seeing clarity. Like many tactics it all depends on how it is used.
varispeed
I am just trying to say that politicians say "they did it" without showing any evidence for it. What's wrong with that? Or should we never question anything?
datameta
Sure, that's valid. I takes most things the Russian gov says with a grain of salt but we shouldn't always question everything because that is their prime tactic of control - simultaneous information and disinformation.
_nub3
laughs in CIA's Umbrage
robot_no_419
Did they also disconnect from satellite internet?
cyanydeez
wonder if they built a backdoor to let their pets keep botting twitter