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Another big story to follow

by Chalky

Oct 5, 2017

"Intelligence officials have concluded that a campaign authorized by the *highest levels of the Russian government* hacked into state election-board systems and the email networks of political organizations to damage the candidacy of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton."

The question now is if the current administration is capable of defending our democracy from Russian interference.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/russian-hackers-stole-nsa-data-on-u-s-cyber-defense-1507222108?tesla=y&mod=e2tw

Russian Hackers Stole NSA Data on U.S. Cyber Defense

Hackers working for the Russian government stole a vast collection of highly classified material from the home computer of a National Security Agency contractor, said people familiar with the matter. The breach could enable Russia to evade NSA surveillanc

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T.E.C. - Iowa The first linked article talks of the 21 states that Russia supposedly hacked. The biggest point is not what Russia did, but that we have done nothing to protect our pseudo-elections. The blame is not Russia's! It is our's!

Even then, if you go to the article, "States Accuse DHS Of Giving Them Bad Information About Russian Hacking", you fi...See MoreThe first linked article talks of the 21 states that Russia supposedly hacked. The biggest point is not what Russia did, but that we have done nothing to protect our pseudo-elections. The blame is not Russia's! It is our's!

Even then, if you go to the article, "States Accuse DHS Of Giving Them Bad Information About Russian Hacking", you find the DHS is as incompetent as some are claiming Pres. Trump is, and you have to wonder what else they have wrong.

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Last Friday, my office was notified by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that Russian cyber actors 'scanned' California's Internet-facing systems in 2016, including Secretary of State websites. Following our request for further information, it became clear that DHS' conclusions were wrong," Padilla (California Secretary of State) said in a statement. "Our notification from DHS last Friday was not only a year late, it also turned out to be bad information. To make matters worse, the Associated Press similarly reported that DHS has reversed itself and 'now says Russia didn't target Wisconsin's voter registration system,' which is contrary to previous briefings."

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And then the stupid part, as the article goes on to say:

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This assessment was based on a variety of sources, including scanning detected from malicious IP addresses and intelligence information that cannot be publicly disclosed," McConnell said in the statement.

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This is horse crap! There is nothing secret about how the internet works, how hackers work, and how they are detected. They do not want you checking their information and finding it wrong. Why? Because, they are feeding you a line of crap as big as the "mushroom cloud" and "Iraq has WMDs!" You are being suckered!

PS: Regarding the second linked article, the real problem is found in this line, "hackers had stolen classified N.S.A. materials from a contractor using the Kaspersky software on his home computer." Home computer? Again, we are the stupid ones blaming Russia for our failures.

Oct 11, 2017

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Chalky TEC stated: "The biggest point is not what Russia did, but that we have done nothing to protect our pseudo-elections. The blame is not Russia's! It is our's!"

I disagree that Russia is not to blame.

Would you blame yourself if someone broke into your home or stole your car?

Oct 11, 2017

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T.E.C. - Iowa Chalky is living in a fantasyland with the analogy about the home and car. I also wrote that "every country messes in other countries elections - if they can" and have an interest, which most do!

Now messing in other people's election may not be nice, but it is a fact of life. Regarding the stolen car, what we did was park the car in a bad...See More

Oct 12, 2017

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Chalky Kaspersky software was promoted by FaceBook Security in 2015.

Tangled web, indeed.

https://www.facebook.com/notes/facebook-security/protecting-millions-from-malware-with-cleanup-tools/10152836024620766

Oct 14, 2017

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Chalky Of course they deleted them!

Nah.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_RUSSIA_KASPERSKY?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Oct 25, 2017

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