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Russian Spy Ring Needed Some Serious IT Help
coondoggie writes "The Russian ring charged this week with spying on the United States faced some of the common security problems that plague many companies — misconfigured wireless networks, users writing passwords on slips of paper, and laptop help desk issues that take months to resolve."
They encrypted everything using ROT13, TWICE! How much better security can you get?
Tequila: It's not just for breakfast anymore!
Yes. iSpy: with my little i. (Wonder if applescript would actually accept it).
I read TFA and all I got was this lousy cookie
they were just make it look like you standard network, so they do not arouse suspicion ..... ;-)
to code or not to code, that is the question.
I know! It's just the same with the half-dozen ninja assassins lurking in my apartment!
But they're there. I can feel it.
The United States gets very offended by espionage activity, because we would never do it to anyone else. They promise. Not a single satellite. No high altitude spy planes. No high altitude long range supersonic spy planes (we retired all of these, we promise). No remote control spy planes. No flock of agencies with covert operations world wide. Nope, not the US. Keep your spies out of our country, we don't do it to you.
Excuse me, there are a couple nice men in black suits knocking at my door that just want to ask me a few questions.
Serious? Seriousness is well above my pay grade.
"Your password has expired"
"Your password is too similar to your last password"
"Your password much be entirely different than the previous 50 passwords"
That is indeed the least of their problems. I've heard their computers were themselves full of
(puts on sunglasses)
spyware.
If they had just called themselves a business intelligence and consulting service for foreign investors, they wouldn't have any problems.
And if you call yourself a lobbyist you can even funnel money from foreign governments into your congressman's pocket.
Hmmm, you bring up a good point. The Russians should have just hired a bunch of Mexicans. Then, even after we find out they are illegal, we still couldn't touch them!
> The US guys couldn't figure it out, so they consulted British scientists!
Truly dumb. I wouldn't have even needed scientists--I would have started with the question "So, have you gotten any gifts from any Russians recently?"
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I'm surprised he didn't get assaulted in the parking lot after a month.
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