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| CNN uses footage from video game to depict Russian hacking |
| 2017-01-04 |
| In a video from December 30, 2016, CNN used footage from Fallout’s hacking mini-game to show how “Russians” hack the United States. This fact has been first spotted by by Reddit user “Poofylicious”, who put together the explainer: US President Barack Obama’s decision to implement additional sanctions against Russia over unproven allegations about Moscow’s hacking efforts during the US Presidential Election has been already widely criticized. However, this has not stopped CNN using footage of a Fallout 4 computer to contribute to Obama’s effort to complicate the expected warming-up between Moscow and Washington as soon as Donald Trump officially enters the office. Meanwhile, users already noted that it will be pretty hard for the Russians to hack the United States using the computers in Fallout 4. Computers in the video game are not connected to the internet: in this alternative history, the United States never makes it that far into the future. |
| Posted by:Frozen Al |
| #10 Hmm. Did that last comment belong to Hillary? |
| Posted by: gorb 2017-01-04 15:46 |
| #9 Surprised they didn't use a clip of someone chopping wood. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2017-01-04 12:46 |
| #8 Or else they figure most of their viewers are too ignorant to detect the bullshit. I vote number 2. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2017-01-04 11:46 |
| #7 Do none of the MSM organizations have some kind of expert on this topic? Or can they not at least borrow one? Apparently not. Or else they figure most of their viewers are too ignorant to detect the bullshit. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2017-01-04 11:23 |
| #6 CNN struggles for relevancy and to remove the "Fake news" tag. It may go titzup up before that ever happens. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-01-04 10:39 |
| #5 More fake news by a fake news organization.... |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2017-01-04 07:49 |
| #4 As long as the Russian hacking story continues, the Clinton emails and Foundation story rests comfortably in the dead file. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-01-04 01:20 |
| #3 Shall we play a game? |
| Posted by: Raj 2017-01-04 00:57 |
| #2 Do none of the MSM organizations have some kind of expert on this topic? Or can they not at least borrow one? |
| Posted by: gorb 2017-01-04 00:46 |
| #1 LOL. Epic Fail. The 'hacking terminal' in Fallout 4 (and 3) are more a guessing game than anything else. As shown in the article you are given 6-8 or more words interspread with special characters and you get set number of 'tries' to select the 'password' After each failed selection it will tell you how many characters in the selected word are correct and in the correct position. So if you think about it you can almost always figure out which is the right word. And even if you dont' and use up all your attempts, it resets itself and you can try again in 30 wecond wiht a new puzzle and password. Almost as easy to crack as Hillary's email server. There was even an android app which would figure it out for you. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2017-01-04 00:30 |