[jstarfish]

> part of what makes a global internet hazardous is the it is fully connected in a graph theory sense.

Nah, the bigger problem is that you can reach victims, but the long arm of their law enforcement can't reach you.

You don't need OPSEC when you're judgment-proof. You can operate in plain sight since nobody can do anything to you.

[RajT88]

This. EuroPol/FBI have no jurisdiction in Pakistan. As long as they don't target victims in their own country, they are most likely able to act with impunity.

[mikeyouse]

Russia, China, and North Korea too -- at least two of those have tacit if not open approval to target Westerners. I get the sense that PRC is more constrained and less willing to suffer the consequences of hosting random hackers but Russia especially is just lawless as long as they're not targeting Russians.