Pretty unremarkable story if not for the nationalist implications. Turns out there might be at least 3 hackers (and possibly up to 13!) doing ransomware in Iran.
The actual context here is a thwarted attack on Boston's Children's Hospital. The FBI is <i>angry</i>, and they intend to hunt these 'hackers' down:<p><a href="https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/cybersecurity/3-iranian-nationals-charged-in-thwarted-cyberattack-on-boston-children-s-hospital.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/cybersecurity/3-irania...</a><p>Judging by the names these are the same people?
Here's the actual DOJ press release:<p><a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/three-iranian-nationals-charged-engaging-computer-intrusions-and-ransomware-style-extortion" rel="nofollow">https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/three-iranian-nationals-charg...</a>
This is basically unreadable. The whole article is forced to the right side of the page and only a single word per line (current Firefox/Mac). It then floats on top of the right sidebar categories leaving 9/10ths of the screen as white space.
Iranian state-related hackers broke into a NJ accounting firm?<p>How many instances of this happen every day? Also what are the actual chances of the hackers going to jail given they're state-related?<p>On a larger scale, why doesn't the DoJ just prosecute every Russian solider? They're accomplices to war crimes and murder after all.<p>All this will read in a few hundred years after the collapse of the US empire to be utter hubris. Like Hannibal whipping a river. Or old medieval states digging up dead people to behead them again. It's just the US state screaming into the void.