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Nuclear weapons agency breached amid massive cyber onslaught

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As if dealing with COVID and growing domestic extremism weren't enough

COVID is solved. We have two effective vaccines now approved. It's just a matter of time to get them distributed at this point.

Let's see how many are denied the second booster shot.

Re: Nuclear weapons agency breached amid massive cyber onslaught

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post #78

What is it going to take for the US to do something about the threat from Russia?

From the actual article: >The U.S. government has not blamed any particular actor for the hacks yet, but cybersecurity experts have said the activity bears the hallmarks of Russia’s intelligence services.

"The hack was so sophisticated, there must be the evil scary country behind it!"

"Their password was solarwinds123 and it was on their GitHub."

Re: Nuclear weapons agency breached amid massive cyber onslaught

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post #50

I have to wonder how many corporations have been hacked but we will never know, because they are worried about the value of their stock. This could actually be a much greater threat to hobbling our infrastructure or blackmailing wealthy people to do their bidding.

Presumably all medium and large corporations have been hacked. I don't think I've ever worked at an organization that hasn't been hacked. And all but one were hacked multiple times, though I'm sure that's because I just wasn't privy to the other incidents (the company may not have been, either). For criminal organizations it's just a numbers game--penetrate as many organizations as you can and then look for monetization opportunities. For many nation-states the calculus probably looks much the same, and in any event the techniques are similar.

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It feels like we're in the calm before the storm and nobody is watching the approaching squall. China growing in power and influence, flexing itself on the global stage. The US waning internationally, citizens divided and full of hate. We're factory-less, fab-less, and have fewer educated. Fewer consumers. Lots of debt. We have SpaceX, but China's pace of exploration and international cooperation is increasing faster…

I think China has been playing us for years, and doing so masterfully. There's no _good_ reason for the US, with our economy and standing, to be ripping itself apart from within -- but, indeed we are. Not only is China growing in power and influence, as you point out, it has been investing in American media and other industries. They're famous for playing their strategic game over a long span of time (the long game).…

If you're going to throw generalities: Meanwhile the Right believes a guy named Q, that Biden stole the election (despite Giuliani Total Landscaping providing zero evidence), that there's a furniture store selling missing kids hiding in plain sight... Sure, not all of "The Right", but as I said, generalities.

Your bias is showing, and you're totally blinded by propaganda as badly as you accuse some others.

Re: Nuclear weapons agency breached amid massive cyber onslaught

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I worked for a company that had all their Customer data stolen and then sold on a darknet market place. They completely swept it under the rug, told the infosec guys that if they talked about the incident with anyone they would have their employment terminated and that it was to never be discussed because they were worried about their share price. We also have laws here in Australia that says if this happens to a bus…

Why not name this company?

Because they'll come after me for slander / defamation.

Australian law provides almost no protection for speaking out against this kind of thing. Does not matter if it's true or not, it's still considered slander/defamation because you said something that makes the company look bad.

Re: Nuclear weapons agency breached amid massive cyber onslaught

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post #6

It feels like we're in the calm before the storm and nobody is watching the approaching squall. China growing in power and influence, flexing itself on the global stage. The US waning internationally, citizens divided and full of hate. We're factory-less, fab-less, and have fewer educated. Fewer consumers. Lots of debt. We have SpaceX, but China's pace of exploration and international cooperation is increasing faster…

>I hope we're hacking back just as hard. That's what the NSA should be doing rather than domestic spying You really care about the ideals of "liberty" and "democracy" I see.

Well, not reacting just encourages more attacks.

Re: Nuclear weapons agency breached amid massive cyber onslaught

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Why should the US claim moral authority? It’s the least moral country on Earth - stolen, racist, solely designed to funnel wealth to white men. China deserves it more than us.

US has been on the right side of many things in history, not all of course, For example, beating the nazis, USA did not invent slavery or the international slave trade, leading the world in charitable donations, etc. Take a chill pill

Lol, didn't invent slavery, "hey we're not the bad guys there!". That sentence is true enough, but it seems large swathes of your population are still proudly defending their ancestors who fought a civil war in order to maintain their ability to enslave people who didn't look like them.

Re: Nuclear weapons agency breached amid massive cyber onslaught

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post #73
post #6

It feels like we're in the calm before the storm and nobody is watching the approaching squall. China growing in power and influence, flexing itself on the global stage. The US waning internationally, citizens divided and full of hate. We're factory-less, fab-less, and have fewer educated. Fewer consumers. Lots of debt. We have SpaceX, but China's pace of exploration and international cooperation is increasing faster…

I think China has been playing us for years, and doing so masterfully. There's no _good_ reason for the US, with our economy and standing, to be ripping itself apart from within -- but, indeed we are. Not only is China growing in power and influence, as you point out, it has been investing in American media and other industries. They're famous for playing their strategic game over a long span of time (the long game).…

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