Comment Sounds more like a false flag Cyberspace cmd Op (Score 1) 68
Anyone with the chops to pull this off would not be advertising the fact to anyone else. 5 I's agencies would come snooping at his door at a minimum. (recruiting or coercing).
But, if the US wanted to retaliate without the political adversities of a direct assault, this would be what it would look like. Similar to Russian agencies turning blind eyes to "independent" hackers as long as they target external entities.