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DDoS attacks slow down Citizens' Initiative signing in Finland

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Re: DDoS attacks slow down Citizens' Initiative signing in Finland

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Post by Ensorceled »

distances wrote: post #21
Ensorceled wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Russia has a ton of resources in psyops and cyber espionage, this isn't a big operation. Why is keeping the Finns and Sweden out of NATO not "top of mind"?

Slowing down this vote would do nothing for a potential for NATO membership process. It's quite far-fetched that this would be a valid target.

Friends are seeing escalating probes here in Canada. It's incredibly naive to believe they don't have the resources to attack pretty much anything they want.

They don't HAVE to prioritize is my point.

Re: DDoS attacks slow down Citizens' Initiative signing in Finland

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mola wrote: post #40
thnujmikkkk wrote: post #30

Americans should know they are responsible for what is happening in Ukraine now because their government has continuously interfered with Ukraine and Russian for a long time. This aggression coming out of America seems accounted for by the American culture that they worship money and strength and don't care much about weak people that they exploit. Even though I was born in a western country under the influence of we…

It's pretty clear almost all Ukrainians don't want to be part of Russia. The fact that Putin has a theory of history that he believes the will of common people should just bow down before is the cause of this invasion and the tensions between US and Russia. As usual, a paranoid leader obsessed with honor gained through force and machismo is blaming everyone but himself. Moreover, the so called "eastern expansion" of…

By similar logic to Russia’s claim on Crimea, wouldn’t Finland have a claim on eastern Karelia?
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