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2016-12-31 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Russians invade Vermont: Electric company finds alleged RU malware on laptop

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Posted by Besoeker 2016-12-31 06:53|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Tetris?

Russian p0rn?

Posted by Mullah Richard 2016-12-31 08:06|| 2016-12-31 08:06|| Front Page Top

#2 Vermont. Of all places, Vermont.

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2016-12-31 08:40|| 2016-12-31 08:40|| Front Page Top

#3 Tetris? Russian p0rn?

Somebody had visited the "Hillary" campaign site back in October.

Posted by Pappy 2016-12-31 11:13|| 2016-12-31 11:13|| Front Page Top

#4 Ooooohhh, Pappy. It wasn't obvious 'til you said it.

Posted by trailing wife 2016-12-31 13:02|| 2016-12-31 13:02|| Front Page Top

#5 Zerohedge says it was "outdated Ukranian malware"

Regardless of who did this, and regardless of the fact that this was a soft target, I do hope that the new administration puts its focus on locking down critical systems instead of making sure everything has a backdoor so they can read teenage sexts.

Posted by Iblis 2016-12-31 13:02|| 2016-12-31 13:02|| Front Page Top

#6 I don't know what they do in Vermont, but where I work we have several networks, and laptops don't get to access the more important ones. Since laptops travel about, you've no idea what got loaded on them when the user connected in some random Sturbocks.

Posted by james 2016-12-31 17:40|| http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com 2016-12-31 17:40|| Front Page Top

#7 To for the fake war on russian hacking.

Powerline: Washington Post blows VT utility story

Powerline: Is Grizzly Steppe really a Russian op?

Posted by newc 2016-12-31 21:42|| 2016-12-31 21:42|| Front Page Top

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