Russia! Russia!! Russia!!!

[kybkh]

I got no idea what the fuck this chart means but this fucking guy needs to get droned. We can do that right??



https://wikileaks.org/vault8/#Hive

Digital certificates for the authentication of implants are generated by the CIA impersonating existing entities. The three examples included in the source code build a fake certificate for the anti-virus company Kaspersky Laboratory, Moscow pretending to be signed by Thawte Premium Server CA, Cape Town. In this way, if the target organization looks at the network traffic coming out of its network, it is likely to misattribute the CIA exfiltration of data to uninvolved entities whose identities have been impersonated.

[The Conservative]

I got no idea what the fuck this chart means but this fucking guy needs to get droned. We can do that right??



https://wikileaks.org/vault8/#Hive

Digital certificates for the authentication of implants are generated by the CIA impersonating existing entities. The three examples included in the source code build a fake certificate for the anti-virus company Kaspersky Laboratory, Moscow pretending to be signed by Thawte Premium Server CA, Cape Town. In this way, if the target organization looks at the network traffic coming out of its network, it is likely to misattribute the CIA exfiltration of data to uninvolved entities whose identities have been impersonated.

Long story short:

[SuburbanFarmer]

I got no idea what the fuck this chart means but this fucking guy needs to get droned. We can do that right??



https://wikileaks.org/vault8/#Hive

Digital certificates for the authentication of implants are generated by the CIA impersonating existing entities. The three examples included in the source code build a fake certificate for the anti-virus company Kaspersky Laboratory, Moscow pretending to be signed by Thawte Premium Server CA, Cape Town. In this way, if the target organization looks at the network traffic coming out of its network, it is likely to misattribute the CIA exfiltration of data to uninvolved entities whose identities have been impersonated.

It’s a network diagram of how the CIA spyware gets information back to them, through a series of secured connections, and hidden behind a front page, if you happen to try and look at the servers yourself.

[The Conservative]

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[LVH2]

I'm skeptical because of all the crying wolf. But it seems to be the case that someone (perhaps Russia is an assumption, as I didn't read proof of that) was trying to mess with the actual votes.

http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/po ... ng-totals/

In Illinois, investigators found evidence that cyber intruders tried to delete or alter voter data. The hackers accessed software designed to be used by poll workers on Election Day, and in at least one state accessed a campaign finance database. Details of the wave of attacks, in the summer and fall of 2016, were provided by three people with direct knowledge of the U.S. investigation into the matter. In all, the Russian hackers hit systems in a total of 39 states, one of them said. The scope and sophistication so concerned Obama administration officials that they took an unprecedented step -- complaining directly to Moscow over a modern-day "red phone." In October, two of the people said, the White House contacted the Kremlin on the back channel to offer detailed documents of what it said was Russia's role in election meddling and to warn that the attacks risked setting off a broader conflict.

[Penner]

I'm skeptical because of all the crying wolf. But it seems to be the case that someone (perhaps Russia is an assumption, as I didn't read proof of that) was trying to mess with the actual votes.

http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/po ... ng-totals/

In Illinois, investigators found evidence that cyber intruders tried to delete or alter voter data. The hackers accessed software designed to be used by poll workers on Election Day, and in at least one state accessed a campaign finance database. Details of the wave of attacks, in the summer and fall of 2016, were provided by three people with direct knowledge of the U.S. investigation into the matter. In all, the Russian hackers hit systems in a total of 39 states, one of them said. The scope and sophistication so concerned Obama administration officials that they took an unprecedented step -- complaining directly to Moscow over a modern-day "red phone." In October, two of the people said, the White House contacted the Kremlin on the back channel to offer detailed documents of what it said was Russia's role in election meddling and to warn that the attacks risked setting off a broader conflict.

well, didn't it come out that Russia hacked into something like 21 different states' electronic voting machines systems but they claimed, back then, that nothing happened?

MADISON, Wis. — Russians attempted to hack elections systems in 21 states in the run-up to last year's presidential election, officials said Friday.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security notified states of the attempted breaches on Friday, said Michael Haas, director of the Wisconsin Elections Commission. The attempt in Wisconsin was unsuccessful, he said.

Homeland Security officials said the effort was conducted by “Russian government cyber actors," according to Haas. He said he did not know which states other than Wisconsin were part of the hacking attempt.

According to the Associated Press, states that were targeted included some key political battlegrounds, such as Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin.

The AP contacted every state election office to determine which ones had been informed that their election systems had been targeted. The others confirming were Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Minnesota, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas and Washington.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nat ... 694719001/

[clubgop]

Did everyone see Trump drinking water? There is no doubt Russian conspirators have influenced him to drink water. There must be another investigation to find out why and when he first wanted water. When he knew and who else drinks water. This is just the tip of the iceberg he may also eat food and breathe. This open acceptance of Russian thirst influence must be ended. He must be held to the fullest and most extreme water consumption policies our government has enacted and face up to his crimes.

[BjornP]

There really is something profoundly stupid about pretending that Russia only became a geopolitical rival to the US after Trump, and that it would be unthinkable for them to try and disrupt, distract and try and sow disinformation among American (and European) citizens. It's like some people's memories only started working after the US election.

Then again, there is also something profoundly stupid about only caring about Russian propaganda, disinformation and shady Kremlin deals, after your own candidate fails to win. No wonder so many Americans don't even bother voting.

[Fife]

There really is something profoundly stupid about pretending that Russia only became a geopolitical rival to the US after Trump, and that it would be unthinkable for them to try and disrupt, distract and try and sow disinformation among American (and European) citizens. It's like some people's memories only started working after the US election.

Then again, there is also something profoundly stupid about only caring about Russian propaganda, disinformation and shady Kremlin deals, after your own candidate fails to win. No wonder so many Americans don't even bother voting.

Is voting so valuable over there?

What's the return on investment looking like in your hood?

[BjornP]

There really is something profoundly stupid about pretending that Russia only became a geopolitical rival to the US after Trump, and that it would be unthinkable for them to try and disrupt, distract and try and sow disinformation among American (and European) citizens. It's like some people's memories only started working after the US election.

Then again, there is also something profoundly stupid about only caring about Russian propaganda, disinformation and shady Kremlin deals, after your own candidate fails to win. No wonder so many Americans don't even bother voting.

Is voting so valuable over there?

What's the return on investment looking like in your hood?

85.8% voter participation at last national elections, a drop from the previous which was at 87.7%. Voter participation of municipal and regional elections were at 76% last time. And given that we don't have electors, but instead use proportional representation, less votes are "wasted".

As for return of "investment", though. Well... the last two national governments elected has/have had a thing about constantly creating new regulations for the local governments and the services they provide (anything from unemployed to people needing new passports or social security cards). Problem is they been introducing completely new sets of rules something like 6 times over the last 4 years, all ironically in the name of "efficiency", which they seem to equal with more centralization. I voted for a guy who I found voted on passing those "efficiency" packages, so that was a bit of a downer. Problem isn't the desire to be efficient, of course, problem is these days they seem to ignore local input in favor of some hired theoretical expert, with which they create their new rules. Used to be about dialogue and consensus-building.

Locally, though, my city (Aalborg) has been in near constant growth for about five years or so. No surplus on this year's municipal budget, though no shortfall, either. City's full of construction projects, yet the big political case that local politicians here can't seem to fix, is traffic congestion. Too few roads, too many people travelling to and from work at morning and afternoon, and very little parking space.