[US and Russia] Talk about Trump connections to Russia here.
ElJeffe
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This is a thread about Russia.
You can discuss their hacking efforts, their policy, their Putin, their relations with the US, whatever foreign adventures they engage in, and so on.
Have fun!
Don't get gulag'd!
You can discuss their hacking efforts, their policy, their Putin, their relations with the US, whatever foreign adventures they engage in, and so on.
Have fun!
Don't get gulag'd!
Would you say I had a plethora of pinatas?
So It Goes on
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the polonium 210 is optional
It fell onto that bullet.
Came back to work after Christmas break to find that cyber security at work are considering the same issues/vulnerabilities that were exploited (do I need to bother with "allegedly" here?).
Having glossed over some of the reading, my real takeaway was the personal/spearphishing matter. Yes, we need to lock down access, patch tech at properties, and generally enhance aspects of our online security, but if all it takes is one person clicking the wrong thing (out of ignorance, as a mistake, whatever) or maliciously doing the same, it's going to make my/our lives a lot harder.
I was at a cyber security conference in Vegas last year, and one of the speakers talked about the Russian Hacker angle that is being mentioned more often these days. The notion that Russia could be doing something akin to what they are accused of doing now was something the speaker called out, and while he noted that US actors on the Cyber Security/Warfare stage were among the best, he didn't put Russia that far behind, and the US's internet infrastructure was both vast and something of a glass house.
Bluntly, in retaliation (not under Trump, as someone will point out) the US could mess with things (and has done so in the past), but the US also has more to lose, with more online day by day.
Just a confluence of a variety of at work things that keep tying back to this issue. From his posts elsewhere, I'm under the impression there are a few posters who have a cyber security background that makes mine out to be the well meaning amateur I am (if that), and I look forward to hearing their thoughts on this matter, if they so choose to share.
Mind you, there's always going to be gaps, exploits, etc, because people are lazy and/or cheap, leave doors propped open and passwords written down, etc etc. But culture (and security culture) plays a factor.
yeah but most security measures make sure that such a breach would result in maybe an afternoon of downtime for the individual employee. The real danger is when an Admin's account is compromised, then you can do some real damage.
And sponsoring and giving support to far-right extremist parties is more of a slow burn here in Europe, but the wind is already blowing that way so you can't just rush these things!
Lets have some background, shall we?
Deniability and intermediaries is key to letting this shit go on. And it will. All the while every far right-wing fuck over here is cheering, Putin is the last great white hope after all.
But remember! You can't just miss out on setting the boot down on your neighbors or their citizens when opportunity is tickling your tongue, subterfuge or not. Noone was gonna miss these losers for example:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eston_Kohver
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadiya_Savchenko
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleg_Sentsov
That's because such policies, though effective, are a pain in the ass to the end users, some of whom may have enough power in the corporate structure to say "No, we're not doing that." And those without such power will do the door-propping thing or its equivalent.
The trick is to keep annexing parts of Eastern Europe until Europe itself ceases to exist.
He also said in response to a question about investigations into Trump's ties and his advisers' ties with Russia, "I would never comment on investigations whether open or not in a public forum." *Eyetwitch.*
my eyes jsut rolled out of my head
How is that not cut and dried perjury?
(Not that I would even want him charged with it, just, come on man. You literally just did. Choose your words better: "Will never comment")
It fed his endlessly needy ego, and that's what matters.
Borrowed from elsewhere:
so sad
And I believe that was Power's last outing.
Edit: Well, that the IC presented a report to Trump about Russian attempts to compromise him.
... Naah. Russia is best friend, very smart. CNN picking on Russia! Bad ratings! Sad!
Just a guess at the tweet coming in 3... 2....
http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/10/politics/donald-trump-intelligence-report-russia/index.html Well, that is all very convoluted and vague as to the exact allegations.
I might be jumping to conclusions, but it kinda sounds like this is the same source from David Corn's October piece.
Why, because we have someone compromised by the Russian government as our president? What the fuck could go wrong there?
Which talk @Forar ?
Thank God an appointed official didn't write a suggestive and vague letter about the allegations a week before the election or it could have affected the election based on what could turn out to be nothing.
Oh, I guess they mention MJ in the piece itself, but not the source.
I'd like to reiterate that this is basically the blueprint they've been following. It's been right there, this whole time: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Geopolitics
Well, shit.
This plan seems to be going well. That is pretty bad.
I wanna see.
Steam: adamjnet
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/10/veteran-spy-gave-fbi-info-alleging-russian-operation-cultivate-donald-trump
Fuck. If Russia starts messing in Tibet and Xinjiang they are going to have their own illegal immigration issues - about 2 and a half million han chinese will be moving to Moscow.
Germany, Turkey, and Iran to a lesser degree (Thanks Obama!) are all coming along as well.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/kenbensinger/these-reports-allege-trump-has-deep-ties-to-russia