There are people that are in offensive cyber security in the US government, but realistically they have a bit more moral compass than the other state level actors that try and bring a hospital to its knees for the grand goal of making america look stupid for the nationalistic few who might actually care about that sort of thing. There's a saying we have here about never wrestling a pig in the mud: you will both be dirty but the pig will like it.
> that try and bring a hospital to its knees for the grand goal of making america look stupid for the nationalistic few who might actually care about that sort of thing
That the public believes this is our biggest problem from an international policy perspective... (as far as this topic, that is)
These governments are turning a blind eye, if not quietly supporting such because of the sheer economic and social damage.
I know a local hospital group paid 22mil in ransom on top of a lot of days where stuff barely got done.
Iirc United Health said a recent attack was probably 900 million in total costs to them?
