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US plants Trojan horse programs in hundreds of important Chinese information systems; new cyber weapon targets China, Russia (www.globaltimes.cn)

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It cites analysis from Chainalysis, a contractor for US government.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Is there a flaw in the evidence or analysis?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

You and I don't know because we don't have access to the evidence ourselves. It's just "Company publishes report supporting the arguments of its large customer".

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

A blog post that previews the report is here: https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/2022-crypto-crime-report-preview-russia-ransomware-money-laundering/

At this point, I'm not doing any more of the leg work for you. There's plenty of information out there on this. It's widely discussed in the security community. Articles, reports, and the like are not hard to find at all.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 2 years ago

The company here has a massive conflict of interest. The US government is a big customer of theirs. There is no reason to take anything they say seriously.