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This is greatly downplaying the hacking that has been made public, hasn’t been made public, and is continuously ongoing. Water treatment plants just publicly got hit in Canada and USA.

The simple truth right now is that China, Iran, and North Korea, are actively hacking out companies and infrastructure. It’s a sort of Cold War.



in the case of iran, it's hard to imagine it wouldn't be in retaliation for the infrastructure in iran that america has destroyed, so a cold war on one side, a hot war on the other.


It seems unwise to attack UK when US attacks you.


> It seems unwise to attack UK when US attacks you.

UK's involvement in the 2026 Iran War:

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

United Kingdom and the Gaza "war":

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


They shot down some drones and lent an army base? Hardly rousing support. If I’m not mistaken, Jordan also shot down some drones, are they next up?

I’ll agree with gp, in any case seems unwise to give the UK cause to further involve themselves.


Is that supposed to be an explanation of the "morality" of just killing a random person because you got a bloody nose?


Russian too, but yes we are in the first Great Cyber War that’s been raging since at least 2022


Hackers caused power cut in western Ukraine [2016]: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35297464


> The simple truth right now is that China, Iran, and North Korea, are actively hacking out companies and infrastructure

You forgot Russia. /s Why do "companies and infrastructure" need to run "in a browser" ?


>The simple truth right now is that China, Iran, and North Korea, are actively hacking out companies and infrastructure.

What for?


Edit: I mean I'm sure it's rational, but what's the calculus there? Probing the waters? Demonstrating capabilities? What's the actual outcome?




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