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2017-01-03 Science

U.S. Intelligence Got the Wrong Cyber Bear

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Posted by Pappy 2017-01-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 I lack the impolite words to respond to this properly.

And I lack the knowledge of whom to direct these impolite words towards, which might affect my selection of these words. So I find myself bound by a dilemma.

But there are a few RBers out there who don't have our limitations. :-)

Posted by gorb 2017-01-03 01:16|| 2017-01-03 01:16|| Front Page Top

#2 Reference #1 - Here, let me be of assistance. Plan A: Target your wrath at the presidentially appointmented intelligence community directors. From there, take your wrath downstream among the literally thousands of Senior Executive Service employees empowered by the their directors over the past 10 years or so.

Too large an undertaking, too difficult to sort out? Too much fly shi* in die rooibos tin? I fully understand. Then initiate plan 'B' by sacking the entire organization and beginning anew.

Gov't hacking and monitoring of networks (theirs or ours) is not entirely unlike wanking. Denial is futile.

Posted by Besoeker 2017-01-03 07:35|| 2017-01-03 07:35|| Front Page Top

#3 If Obama and his so called security experts really wanted to help they would publish the ranges of IP addresses in the .ru and .ua domains, those IP addresses that belong to Russia and Ukraine. That way, computer network administrators all over the country could put those addresses into their firewalls thereby blocking access from Russia and Ukraine. They should have done this years and years ago and they should have included the .cn, .ro, .tr, .ir domains as well. The fact that this has not been done indicates they really don't care about cyber security. That's the scariest part of this whole episode. I can say with all honesty that I fear Obama far more than Putin. Putin might be a bad guy but he is far away in Russia. Obama is right here and he has power over my own country.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2017-01-03 12:26|| 2017-01-03 12:26|| Front Page Top

#4 But not for very much longer. :)

Posted by Abu Uluque 2017-01-03 12:27|| 2017-01-03 12:27|| Front Page Top

#5 I lack the impolite words to respond to this properly.

How about closing the barn door after the cows have escaped?

Posted by Abu Uluque 2017-01-03 12:36|| 2017-01-03 12:36|| Front Page Top

#6 The hacking story is just disinformation aimed at Democrats hoping to get them mad and deligitimze the election in their eyes. Sadly it worked well and a large number thing voting machines were hacked or some such nonsense instead of it being Podesta fell for a fairly obvious Phishing trick.

Posted by rjschwarz 2017-01-03 16:05|| 2017-01-03 16:05|| Front Page Top

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