What is the point of fabricating this attack?
Consider whose voice, opinion, or stance stands to gain by making the police look incompetent or incapable of managing their own affairs.
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Analysing the alleged Minneapolis police department “hack”
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#22Sounds like the 'hack' wasn't one. From the article: > So by all means, be angry, but don't spread disinformation and right now, all signs point to just that - the alleged Minneapolis Police Department "breach" is fake.
Yes, that's why the title has scare quotes and says "alleged"
It's a long article and I thought I could be helpful by summarizing the conclusion; I don't think a person who didn't read it would grasp that from the quotation marks alone.
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#23I get the point that's being made here, but the real question is do the passwords work even if they are derivative? Did someone extract anything of value using them?
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#24Russia was caught running ads during the 2016 election that were sympathetic to radical white and black nationalist groups, with the end goal of sowing racial tensions. [0] I'm of the firm belief that we're being played by a hostile state actor here. I have no way of proving this, but I strongly suspect that Russia and/or China are trying to spur on the unrest through digital disinformation like in the OP.
EDIT: by unrest I am (of course) referring to violence and looting, not peaceful protest
[0] https://slate.com/technology/2018/05/russian-trolls-are-obse...
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#25Great analysis on uncovering a credential stuffing attack (using passwords found from a previous breach) disguised as a "MPD hack" by "Anonymous" which Troy also discussed here. [0] > But anger shouldn't mean throwing logic and reason out the window and I cannot think of a time where fact-checking has ever been more important than now, not just because of the Minneapolis situation, but because so much of what we see…
My heuristics is, By default, Anything controversial I see on the internet is fake until it's proven to be true. I've been advocating this to my parents and a few others for quite a while. Especially from a country like India where there are people being lynched and killed just based on WhatsApp videos (mostly fake), Skepticism is required more than ever.
I have another rule along similar lines: Anything controversial is fake for at least a few days if not longer.
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#26Russia was caught running ads during the 2016 election that were sympathetic to radical white and black nationalist groups, with the end goal of sowing racial tensions. [0] I'm of the firm belief that we're being played by a hostile state actor here. I have no way of proving this, but I strongly suspect that Russia and/or China are trying to spur on the unrest through digital disinformation like in the OP. EDIT: by u…
It is also a very human thing to find someone else to blame for your faults, especially when elections are around the corner.
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#27Russia was caught running ads during the 2016 election that were sympathetic to radical white and black nationalist groups, with the end goal of sowing racial tensions. [0] I'm of the firm belief that we're being played by a hostile state actor here. I have no way of proving this, but I strongly suspect that Russia and/or China are trying to spur on the unrest through digital disinformation like in the OP. EDIT: by u…
I think you're absolutely right. It's easy, too - fake a few Antifa tweets, white suburbia panics (literally happened today), pay someone to break a few windows and run away, cops hit anything that moves.
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#28Russia was caught running ads during the 2016 election that were sympathetic to radical white and black nationalist groups, with the end goal of sowing racial tensions. [0] I'm of the firm belief that we're being played by a hostile state actor here. I have no way of proving this, but I strongly suspect that Russia and/or China are trying to spur on the unrest through digital disinformation like in the OP. EDIT: by u…
Your claim has nothing to do with this alleged hack.
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#29Russia was caught running ads during the 2016 election that were sympathetic to radical white and black nationalist groups, with the end goal of sowing racial tensions. [0] I'm of the firm belief that we're being played by a hostile state actor here. I have no way of proving this, but I strongly suspect that Russia and/or China are trying to spur on the unrest through digital disinformation like in the OP. EDIT: by u…
The US is by far the most likely hostile state actor. They are the ones that benefit from the protesters being seen as more radical and destructive than they are, while Russia or China would be working towards hypothetical future benefits.
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#30Russia was caught running ads during the 2016 election that were sympathetic to radical white and black nationalist groups, with the end goal of sowing racial tensions. [0] I'm of the firm belief that we're being played by a hostile state actor here. I have no way of proving this, but I strongly suspect that Russia and/or China are trying to spur on the unrest through digital disinformation like in the OP. EDIT: by u…
Blaming outside instigators is a common tactic for downplaying unrest.
I'm not saying you're wrong, and I agree Russia does run campaigns with the purpose of sowing tensions, but I'm very skeptical of any causality between Russia and the movement, protests, or riots.