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Officials Say Russian Hackers Read Obama's Unclassified Emails

An anonymous reader points out that Russian hackers reportedly obtained some of President Obama’s emails when the White House’s unclassified computer system was hacked last year. Some of President Obama's email correspondence was swept up by Russian hackers last year in a breach of the White House's unclassified computer system that was far more intrusive and worrisome than has been publicly acknowledged, according to senior American officials briefed on the investigation. The hackers, who also got deeply into the State Department's unclassified system, do not appear to have penetrated closely guarded servers that control the message traffic from Mr. Obama's BlackBerry, which he or an aide carries constantly. But they obtained access to the email archives of people inside the White House, and perhaps some outside, with whom Mr. Obama regularly communicated. From those accounts, they reached emails that the president had sent and received, according to officials briefed on the investigation.

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  1. Re:Snowden is a hero by approachingZero+ · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Good point. What's good for the goose is good for the goose stepping.

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  2. Re:Windows 10 Will Free Your Desktop by drinkypoo · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I was with you until the "high quality development tools" part.

    Last I heard, Microsoft's IDE was still broadly considered to be one of the best in the business, if not the best. Granted, their revision control system is one of the worst, so they're not all winners.

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  3. Goose/Gander by PopeRatzo · · Score: 4, Insightful

    In the words of the great James Baldwin:

    The world has never lacked for horrifying examples; but I do not believe that these examples are meant to be used as justification for our own crimes.

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