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gadders on Sept 30, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: CIA pulled officers from Beijing after breach of f...

I don't know why these hacking incidents are not considered acts of war.

TeMPOraL on Sept 30, 2015 | [–]

Be thankful for that. Cyberattacks are so hard to trace back that it's very easy to set up a false-flag operation. Framing someone else for your attack would become a simple way of starting a war between two of your opponents.

ceejayoz on Sept 30, 2015 | [–]

What makes you think we're not already responding in kind?

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