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Imagine the screaming worldwide if hackers working for the CIA were breaking into Iranian dams and financial institutions.

They broke into the Iranian nuclear program without much condemnation, so...

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I recall a lot of wailing about how irresponsible they were deploying their sinister infrastructure-damaging war viruses, and such. But thinking about it more, I'll grant it depends on your perspective of the whole issue, so my point doesn't really stand.

I still find it dismaying that we so casually accept this state of affairs. There is no meaningful difference between attacks like this and a foreign agent setting fire to the bank building or physically sabotaging the dam.

There was some wailing from the computer security community, but nothing in the world of international diplomacy. And I'm sure that's why the USA isn't kicking up a fuss over this latest incident -- they want to avoid setting a precedent which would come back to haunt them the next time they're caught doing the same thing.

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