b) If you name the state you think is behind it, you better be ready for the diplomatic repercussions between the US government and the rogue state, as well as potentially stopping doing business in that state (see Google and China)
b) If you name the state you think is behind it, you better be ready for the diplomatic repercussions between the US government and the rogue state, as well as potentially stopping doing business in that state (see Google and China)
http://www.rollingstone.com/feature/the-geeks-on-the-frontli...
http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2013/07/new-cyberwar-victims-...
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/507971/welcome-to-the-mal...
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/31/technology/chinese-hackers...
http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2011/09/chinese-hacking-20110...
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2011-07-20/cyber-weap...
http://fortune.com/sony-hack-part-1/
http://fortune.com/sony-hack-part-two/
http://fortune.com/sony-hack-final-part/
http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/21/7861645/finfisher-spyware-...
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-03-13/target-mis...
http://foreignpolicy.com/2013/11/19/stuxnets-secret-twin/
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/60-minutes-great-brain-robbery-c...
http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-steel-accuses-china-of-hacki...
http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2011/09/chinese-hacking-20110...
http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2011/09/operation-shady-rat-2...
It's a quite interesting topic indeed.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/nsa-i...
We can assume that the US government is not the state-sponsored actor in the OP, because their attack has already been publicly known for some time. This one is probably China or Russia.
Buy a beer for someone who has worked security for a big firm and they can tell you all about it.