so good at hacking
it seems like every major hack happens in some Eastern European country
Intellectuals were bullied by the commies. They had to be pretty creative to survive.
>>9129650
They teach computer programming instead of black studies appreciation and 10 reasons to cry about the Holocaust early in Russian school
Thy don't have opportunities to become wealthy in their homeland, this is coupled with governments that turn a blind eye to crime. Since there is no extradition treaties with these former soviet bloc nations, it becomes a mecca for computer fraud. They are not so much better then the rest of the world at hacking, rather their computer gurus turn to hacking for their livelihoods because there aren't any legit options.
>>9129650
[[[They]]] just want you to think that it's the Chinese, I mean, Koreans, wait, I mean Russians.
>>9129650
this is from the 2017 defcon ctf (arguably one of the most prestigious one)
most of them are american, asian or international
the two that I wrote were the only eastern eu teams
>>9129650
Because they are poor but they have minimum infrastructure for hacking (not like Africa who are poor too but no infrastructure).
Plus Putin is an evil dictator and want to destroy the mighty Europe and USA.
>>9129650
Because in school they learnt better math and sciences in general. At least in the recent past. Look up some of their 5 grade math book and compare it to same year from cuckistan, it s a comical difference. In Eastern Europe it s a great shame to be bad at school, teachers give lectures from old material not the new shit with lots of pretty pictures.
Because law enforcement over there doesn't give a shit about computer crimes
>>9131013
This. It's the same reason they produce all the child porn, too.
Please recommend me some Slavic traditional folk music to play in the background while studying.
>>9129650
No jobs so nothing else to do. No national direction so low moral character. Remote so little economic or social consequence for actions. International expectation is cheap, hot women and not much else. Heavy public investment in broadband.
>>9131215
Guess you could consider it tradition https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM78QPF70zY&list=RDEMzdYXOuJxyU0k8Me67zQnFw
>>9129650
you hack or no potato tonight