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I’m interested in background as to why, specifically, government-backed attacks are reported differently. In my experience who funds the attack is anecdotal to the triage, midigation, and reporting of an attack; be it from government, corporate espionage, or an independent group.

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Governments tend to have powers that corporate/individual entities don't have. They have the power the imprison, freeze assets, and other things that organizations may be worried about.

If you ran an NGO that was engaging in activities that governments may not like (such as a group trying to spread democracy in China), you would very much like to know if your accounts were being targeted by government actors, as it may put you on alert that you have peek someones attention that could be bad for your organization.

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