CIA Prepping for Possible Cyber Strike Against Russia

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THIS IS NOT SATIRE

By Kate on October 14, 2016 6:42 PM | 43 Comments



I repeat: THIS IS NOT SATIRE.
The Obama administration is contemplating an unprecedented cyber covert action against Russia in retaliation for alleged Russian interference in the American presidential election, U.S. intelligence officials told NBC News.


Current and former officials with direct knowledge of the situation say the CIA has been asked to deliver options to the White House for a wide-ranging "clandestine" cyber operation designed to harass and "embarrass" the Kremlin leadership.



CIA Prepping for Possible Cyber Strike Against Russia - NBC News

 

Danbones

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Why the big public tell?
will this end as messed up as everything else the obomba and hitlary have started?

I wonder if this is going to degenerate into a messed up eWrecktion they can blame on the russians so the current admin can foil the will of the peeps that way
I mean geez...
everyone can hack the US elections...
 

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Why the big public tell?
will this end as messed up as everything else the obomba and hitlary have started?

I wonder if this is going to degenerate into a messed up eWrecktion they can blame on the russians so the current admin can foil the will of the peeps that way

Trump will use that line if he loses, Russians or not.
 

Danbones

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ah
its not trump setting this up
and its not trump ALREADY blaming the russians NONSENSICALLY too
( already a done deal that it wasn't russians)

...and it isn't trump that will lose an honest vote
 

Danbones

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Who did the hacking last time Obomba blamed a country for a hack?
Hint: it wasn't the NKians as obomba said it was ...no it was internal to sony itself...

you don't learn much from history of like last, week?

hillary hasn't mentioned the vast rightwing conspiracy has she?
lol
where have you been?
"Vast right-wing conspiracy" is a conspiracy theory referenced in 1998 by the then First Lady of the United States Hillary Clinton, in defense of her husband, President Bill Clinton, "
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vast_right-wing_conspiracy

she invented that BS
 

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Why the big public tell?
will this end as messed up as everything else the obomba and hitlary have started?

I wonder if this is going to degenerate into a messed up eWrecktion they can blame on the russians so the current admin can foil the will of the peeps that way
I mean geez...
everyone can hack the US elections...


All countries are trying to 'hack' each others computer systems non stop but they don't publicize that fact so this is some kind of distraction that as a news item is more of a shoulder shrug than a revelation.....


www.youtube.com/watch?v=gESv_FVtAns
 

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IF the CIA is bragging the deed has already been done long ago. And it was done so well the Russians haven't even figured it out yet.
 

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IF the CIA is bragging the deed has already been done long ago. And it was done so well the Russians haven't even figured it out yet.

Not with BHO in charge, just look at how the FBI investigated Mrs. Klinton.
 

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The sanctions did nothing but hurt the EU as Russians stepped up to eliminate any shortages. The American citizens should be more worried that they will do another false-flag like 9/11 on themselves and try to blame Russia like they already are for just about everything that is wrong in the US already.
 

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It's like putting on a comfortable pair of shoes, sliding back into the cold war shenanigans between the US and Russia. This "cyber revenge attack" is just an idle threat. At best, the US cyber soldeirs will tickle the Russian cyber soldiers with some little program or access game. Nothing to worry about here.

If security was absolutely vital, the US govt could just count the votes the old fashioned way and avoid computer reporting. I expect anyone under 45 would be at their wit's end at the thought of having to count sliips of paper by hand, but it worked for years. Don't worry kids, most people over 45 know how to count past ten.

Mind you, then they'd have to worry about stuffing the voting boxes at individual polling stns. That will send CNN into a tailspin. :)
 

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Investigators have traced a series of malware infections on the systems of two European companies back to a Chinese threat actor, with clues linking the attacks to the same group that was behind the Anthem and OPM hacks.

The targets of these two attacks are the US subsidiary of a French company that provides energy management services and a European-based drone maker.

The French company is of importance because it builds critical infrastructure for the US Department of Defense (DoD), says ThreatConnect, the cyber-security firm that uncovered the malware infections.

According to the security firm's experts, the infection goes back to June 2016, when their experts discovered "HttpBrowser" on the networks of the two aforementioned companies.

HttpBrowser is a malware family previously associated with Chinese cyber-espionage groups that can log keystrokes and open connections to infected computers, allowing an attacker to send new commands, download other malware, or steal sensitive data.

Researchers believe that China is trying to find ways around the anti-cyber-espionage pact signed with the US, which prohibits the two countries from spying on each other for economical gains.

A ThreatConnect spokesperson said the company believes that Chinese hackers are targeting the French company for military espionage, but that the attacks on the drone vendor are purely for economical gain.

China’s DaJiang Innovation Technology (DJI) is currently in control over 70 percent of the entire commercial drone market. In the past, hacks of US and European companies have concluded with Chinese companies releasing similar products that helped propel several Chinese industry sectors into leading positions, such as the steel manufacturing sector.

Read more: Chinese Hackers Targeting US DoD Contractor Linked to OPM Hack
 

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Like when obama wanted a war with sony when they hacked sony.
oooops, when North Korea hacked sony i mean
lol