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alexintour (1762

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19 Jul 17 UTC
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Russian hackers are so Russian.

What do you think? Are they really out there hacking even your toaster?

alexintour (1762 )
19 Jul 17 UTC
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A - 22.06.2016 – CBC News - Russia hacked into Ukraine artillery units, report claims (1)
B - 06.01.2017 – AFP - Ukraine's military denies Russian hack attack (2)

A - 11.12.2016 - Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung – Security crisis: Russia hacked secret documents of the German Parlament (3)
B - 17.12.2017 - Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung – The source of the leacking is internal (4)

A - 25.04.2017 - The Washington Post - Cyberattack on French presidential front-runner bears Russian ‘fingerprints’ (5)
B - 01.06.2017 - US News & World Report - The Latest: France Says No Trace of Russian Hacking Macron (6)

A - 25.04.2016 – CNN - US suspects Russian hackers planted fake news behind Qatar crisis (7)
B - 20.06.2017 – Reuters - Qatar says news agency hacking linked to states boycotting Doha (8)

A - 25.06.2017 – The Guardian - Cyber-attack on UK parliament: Russia is suspected culprit (9)
B - 06.07.2017 – Reuters - Private not state hackers likely to have targeted UK parliament (10)

A - 31.12.2016 – The Washington Post - Russian operation hacked a Vermont utility, showing risk to U.S. electrical grid security (11)
B - 02.01.2017 The Washington Post - Russian government hackers do not appear to have targeted Vermont utility (12)

(1) http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/report-russia-hack-ukraine-1.3908398
(2) https://www.yahoo.com/news/ukraines-military-denies-russian-hack-attack-143419289.html
(3) http://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/inland/wikileaks-sicherheitskreise-russland-hackte-geheime-bundestagsakten-14568558.html
(4) http://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/inland/wikileaks-dokumente-aus-nsa-ausschuss-quelle-im-bundestag-vermutet-14579135.html
(5) https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/04/25/cyberattack-on-french-presidential-front-runner-bears-russian-fingerprints-research-group-says/?utm_term=.04b468ba3f4d
(6) https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2017-06-01/the-latest-putin-says-attempts-to-contain-russia-wont-work
(7) http://edition.cnn.com/2017/06/06/politics/russian-hackers-planted-fake-news-qatar-crisis/index.html?SR=twtsr0606qatar
(8) http://www.reuters.com/article/us-gulf-qatar-cyber-idUSKBN19B2XP
(9) https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jun/25/cyber-attack-on-uk-parliament-russia-is-suspected-culprit
(10) http://uk.reuters.com/article/us-britain-politics-cyber-idUKKBN19R0ZM
(11) https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/russian-hackers-penetrated-us-electricity-grid-through-a-utility-in-vermont/2016/12/30/8fc90cc4-ceec-11e6-b8a2-8c2a61b0436f_story.html?utm_term=.ff93b9e6b2fb
(12) https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/russian-government-hackers-do-not-appear-to-have-targeted-vermont-utility-say-people-close-to-investigation/2017/01/02/70c25956-d12c-11e6-945a-76f69a399dd5_story.html?utm_term=.88d0c9de30e6

Hauta (1618 )
19 Jul 17 UTC

@alex, just wondering but can you explain why President was NOT at the famous Don Jr. meeting with the Russians in Trump Tower just one floor below his office? (He was present in the Tower at the time.) If collusion is not a crime, then shouldn't Trump have been there to run the meeting? Arguably, colluding with a state actor could give his campaign a significant boost, right?

Ogion (3882 )
19 Jul 17 UTC
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How much do you get paid to do your pro Russian trolling? You guys are getting ridiculously easy to spot. You need to up your game

CAPT Brad (40 )
19 Jul 17 UTC

Oh come on hauta. He was having his taco salad. And everyone knows they are not a meal to walk away from

alexintour (1762 )
19 Jul 17 UTC

@Hauta, sorry, I can't explain that. Mostly because the hole story is not really that interesting for me. I think any way it ends it'll be fine.

I'm mostly interested in what you think about this incredible threat coming from a country which is usually considered not that good in advanced technologies.

Also, if someone could point out other A-B couples where the russian hackers are not that russian after all, I'll appreciate that.

Hauta (1618 )
19 Jul 17 UTC

@alexin, huh? Russia is considered EXCELLENT in espionage! I believe that the elite in America share Putin's interest in damaging America's democratic institutions. It is a class war where the Putin is accepted by America's elite as just another member of the elite. Even better when the American elite can have the people blame the Russian bogeyman -- then they won't recognize the ongoing threat from the Koch brothers and their kind.

wrt the A-B couples, whether something is the Russian government or a Russian person who is "unaffiliated" with the government or some non-Russian operative who is financed by Putin. Not sure it makes much of a difference. However, no one seems to be connecting Britain/Germany/France/Canada/Japan, etc with hacking.

Ogion (3882 )
19 Jul 17 UTC

Also, just because hackers are "private" doesn't mean they aren't acting on Russian government authority. That isn't how Russia works. Not every GRU or FsB agent carries ID cards you know

So, some journalists got a handful of reports wrong. we still have the conslusions of Us and European intelligence agencies who have more information than any journalists teaching these conclusions. The fact that they don't share everything doesn't undermine their conclusions

Of course, Russia would like people to think it does, which is why they plant stories like this

diplomat61 (223 )
20 Jul 17 UTC

They won't get much from my toaster.

sw3dg!n (319 )
20 Jul 17 UTC

Let's not forget Stuxnet... 'Murica basicly invented this game and now Russia is doing it and it's bad. Lol

It's a new type of war and it will stay as long as there's internet.

LeonWalras (865 )
21 Jul 17 UTC

Russian fools dare to tread on Angels' feet.

Bladerunners (779 )
22 Jul 17 UTC
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if the Russians start messing with my toaster - I'll never forgive them. They should stick to murdering the Ukranian and Syrian people and leave toasters alone.

sw3dg!n (319 )
23 Jul 17 UTC

some good docu's

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5971920/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5446858/

Jeff Kuta (2066 )
25 Jul 17 UTC

Democrats support Russian hacker attack against Jeff Sessions.
Twitter supports Trump attack against Jeff Sessions.

Jeff Sessions is beleaguered.

CAPT Brad (40 )
25 Jul 17 UTC

my toaster is dumb. i am lucky if it pays attention to the heat sensor

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Crazy Anglican (1067

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30 Dec 16 UTC
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Word association thread

It has been a while since we did one. Post the first single word that comes to mind when you read the last post in the thread.

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