"Why linguistics can't always identify cyber attackers' nationality"

There has been much effort by security researchers to identify perpetrators of cyberattacks through the use of linguistic analysis, however this strategy does consist of limitations. While it is still possible to assemble clues to support evidence gathered by additional strategies with the use of linguistic tools, such tools could also make attribution more difficult. This article further discusses cases in which linguistic tools were used in the attempts to identify perpetrators of cyberattacks, two kinds of analysis performed by researchers, why linguistic analysis lacks reliability in attribution, and how this method could be useful in other ways. 

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