Nation-State Attack Speculation

Correction, non-US nation state attackers. (this comment is mostly a sarcastic joke)

Not sure why you’re downvoted. When you think of state actors, Israel comes very high (stuxnet etc), as well as the usual US/Russia/China/NK groups.Unit 8200 in the IDF especially have a very notable reputation.That’s not to say other counties don’t have capabilities (and this doesn’t look like you need the resources of a group like say the NSA or GCHQ for this particular attack - indeed it could just be a single lone wolf) but it’s noteworthy.

That's so strange. This reeks of nation state actors, wanting ways to protect their own systems.

this is much more likely to be a malicious state actor than uncoordinated attacks by random internet idiots

The sky is not falling!Everyone is discounting one thing - State actor possibility behind this attack.With state actor comes completely different ball game - totally different budget and capabilities to crack things. NOBODY knows what their unpublicized capabilities could be! So it is good practice to stay vigilant!

The issue is not that a random guy on the internet hacks the software, but a _state_ actor.

Wouldn't a state-sponsored entity be smarter than routing all their traffic through UAE such that it could receive attention on HN? I like the botnet explanation better.

Doesn't seem like it'd be a nation-state. They usually try to stay quiet and out of the news so they wouldn't disrupt services.Might be some ransomware operators or malicious parties trying to extort them.

Russia hacks, but so do China, North Korea, Iran and Ukraine. They all have bagged large targets. It could be any of them but could be someone else as well.

How about a malicious country/government that is capable of doing this?