Russian hacking is different from Chinese hacking: Chinese hacking does a million attacks all at once hoping one gets in, while Russian hacking does pinpoint attacks to exactly where they want, gets in, and doesn't turn the malware on—they just stay in case they need it later, for example staying in JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs to potentially shut Wall Street down.

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Steven Codkin

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The Russians do pinpoint attacks. They go exactly where they want. They get in and they don't turn the malware on. They just stay because they may need it later. So they're in JP Morgan and they're in Goldman Sachs just in case they want to shut Wall Street down.

Source

Stephen Kotkin: Sphere of Influence I - The Gift of Geopolitics: How Worlds are Made, and UnmadeIWMVienna
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:14:33 PM

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