Comment by consumer451 | Hacker News Reader

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Whose lives did he put in danger?

Also, if the entirety of the US goverment will not protect you from foreign state-sanctioned personal attacks, what should one do? Just sit there and take it, even if one could stop it?

> The State Department has a thing called "Rewards for Justice" and they talk extensively about the NK problem and how we're being hacked all the time. They pay millions for information. I told them "I don't want any of your money, I want you to know who I am [insert wired article here] and that I can listerally make any attack coming from the country North Korea stop in its tracks within minutes. Let me grab their response:

> https://imgur.com/a/s-lX6inGA

> Just be ready to be fucking infuriated. They have a bunch of shit about how we need to take on the NK cyber threat. I literally give them a SOLUTION and they say it's not within their purview, go to other intelligence agencies. I told them I FUCKING DID. No response since.

https://old.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1divlp3/im_the_hacker...

> what should one do?

Examine how their own actions were a large part in creating this particular outcome? Then question if they're worth continuing under such circumstances?

> No response since.

Yea, maybe diplomats should lead the charge, and not self important hackers with a desire to "shut down the internet" in a fit of nerdy rage?

I believe that this was an appropriate level of protest on his part.

The reason that I posted this AMA on HN is that a lot people with influence peruse this website, and it would appear that this person went to intel agencies first, then went to State, and was shut down on all counts. Not just shut down for his personal validation, but shut down as far as potential operations.

I posted this in the hopes that someone with influence would see it, and work to prevent this from ever happening again. This guy tried to go through all the right channels. The US gov failed him, and all Americans, at every level.

Ideally, an intel contact would have responded with: "thanks, I'll make sure that the proper people know about this. Await a reply." Reply: "Please come in... OK yes, we know and will save it for an emergency. Never mention this again. Here is your monetary award, as advertised."

For unknown reasons, that did not occur. After this all happened and got written up in Wired, he is finally getting contact from the appropriate people. Let's not let this go this far in the future.

If North Korea took down US infrastructure we would consider it an act of war. The dange of exposing your devices to the open internet should be well understood by this so-called "hacker".

For him to unilaterally decide to commit an act of war against a foreign nation means he should also be held accountable for it in international criminal court.

Were this any other two nations you might have a different tone. But these are the facts of the matter. He played with fire and if he winds up dead because of it he only has himself to blame. The only people I am concerned about is anyone else now facing danger because of his idiotic actions.

He did not commit an "act of war." He is an individual, who tried to cooperate with his government and was denied.

Meanwhile NK offense regularly attacks him on a nice day, and on every other day installs ransomware on US hospital infrastructure, putting actual lives at risk... All this guy did was shut down their capability to do so.

I am unaware of any law that he broke. IMO, he also did not do anything immoral.

He defended himself against an inept state that regularly shoots random people out of cannons and murders entire family lines of anyone who flees their hell hole.

If NK took down our infrastructure, it would be our fault because we have been warning our corrupt leaders for years and nothing is being done.

But foreign nations are already constantly trying to hack each other.

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