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Comment by csmattryder | Hacker News Reader

Does anybody else feel like there's a ongoing media push against Russia recently (as a UK resident, US/RU relations haven't been that great since WW2) - if I had to put a date on it, around the time of the Aleppo bombing?

Kinda like how 'terrorists' were responsible for every drop of spilled milk in the early 2000s, Russia is now responsible for hacking every system in the west.

Not that I care one iota for Russia, but being influenced to distrust and hate feels really underhanded.

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It's not media's fault. Russia is waging open cyber war against west, of course media covers it. I know from reliable source that my country's government IT infrastructure, especially ministry of foreign affair, are being attacked by Russia nearly constantly -- it's even worse that what media says.

It's not like NSA and Chinese gov. hackers weren't doing the same, hilariously hypocritical to blame only one party. Same was happening with surveillance, with basically everyone with their hands in the cookie jar.

I think everyone understands/expects espionage, it's the public 'weaponization' of the information that makes Russia a particularly bad actor.

If Russia had not released the DNC emails (or had somehow done so surreptitiously) to queer the US election, there would be no story to report on.

How quickly we forget things.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuxnet

Did the media incorrectly implicate the actors in that case?

The argument is that if Country A uses cyber warfare it's "good", but if country R does it, it's "bad". While both are doing the exact same thing, as I said above.

Is trying to stop a country from obtaining nuclear weapons in violation of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty really morally equivalent to interference with a democratic election?

If country R hacking other countries is an accepted fact, why all the whining about it being covered in media? It is a big deal.

This statement is very unpopular. "Someone" has to be good and anti-evil and at the same time very competitive. No one knows how, sadly, but also no one want to feel like evil.

Well, relations with Russia have gotten worse since Ukraine.

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