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St. Paul, MN, was hacked so badly that the National Guard has been deployed (arstechnica.com)
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[–] Hegar@fedia.io 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

With no ransom demand it's gotta be a state actor probing defenses and testing responses, right? I think first guesses would be Russia, China, Iran or maybe North Korea.

[–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

first guesses

Not so sure. Arent they known for being a queer friendly town?

[–] decended_being@midwest.social 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yes we are

[–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 10 months ago

So probably some fuckers you paid for with fed taxes. We should really stop doing that.

[–] piecat@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Or some bored teenager somewhere

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

That sounds much more likely. I don't care about St. Paul and I'm American, why would China or Russia care? Also, state and city governments all handle things differently, so the only takeaway is that St Paul's IT is probably incompetent.