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With no ransom demand it's gotta be a state actor probing defenses and testing responses, right? I think first guesses would be Russia, China, Iran or maybe North Korea.
Not so sure. Arent they known for being a queer friendly town?
Yes we are
So probably some fuckers you paid for with fed taxes. We should really stop doing that.
Or some bored teenager somewhere
That sounds much more likely. I don't care about St. Paul and I'm American, why would China or Russia care? Also, state and city governments all handle things differently, so the only takeaway is that St Paul's IT is probably incompetent.