Sjors Provoost (possibly compromised) on Nostr: I still need to read it, but maybe the government just didn't bring it up? They seem ...

I still need to read it, but maybe the government just didn't bring it up? They seem to treat Ethereum as just a (neutral, immutable) environment that the smart contracts live in.

And when these sanctions were enacted, the PoS system was relatively new.

With this attack having failed, they'll presumably look for a new target, which could be the (few remaining non-compliant) validators.