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Iranians, Russians, and Chinese Hackers Are After You, Says Lawmaker

Posted by Unknown on from the they're-after-our-tubes dept.

Velcroman1 writes "The House Intelligence Committee is warning that 'time is running out' before the next major cyberattack: The Russians, Iranians, Chinese, and others are likely already on your computer. 'You have criminal organizations trying to get into your personal computer and steal your personal stuff. And by the way, the Chinese are probably on your computer, the Russians are probably on your personal computer, the Iranians are already there,' House Intelligence Committee chairman Mike Rogers (R.-MI) said. 'They're trying to steal things that they think are valuable or use your computer to help them steal from someone else,' he said. 'That's a real problem.'"

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  1. Not me! by Endo13 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm wearing my trusty tin-foil hat!

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    There is no -1 Disagree mod. Slashdot.org/faq defines mod options. USE IT.
    1. Re:Not me! by ColdWetDog · · Score: 3, Funny

      He said 'trusty' not 'rusty'.

      That's the problem with aluminum, all the noise it makes as it rattles around inside your head.

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      Faster! Faster! Faster would be better!
  2. Re:lol by gmuslera · · Score: 2, Funny

    They think we won't notice the elephant (and the donkey) in the room.

  3. Re:lol by electron+sponge · · Score: 4, Funny

    1999 called

    Did you warn them about 9/11?

  4. Re:Wow..... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    The fox news article says : "Experts say Rogers may be stretching the truth: most people’s computers likely aren’t infected by agents of foreign governments.
    “The Iranians, the Chinese, and the Russians are probably already on my computer? Sheesh ... I guess it must be getting pretty crowded in there,” joked Graham Cluley, a consultant with U.K. Web security company Sophos."
    But don't let me stop your obligatory bashing of fox news. I'm guessing you don't consider your day complete until you've done so at least once.