NBC Report: Russian Hackers Behind Attack On Pentagon Mail System

New submitter packetspike alerts us to a story at CNBC, according to which U.S. officials have told NBC News that Russian hackers are behind a "sophisticated cyberattack" against the unclassified email system used by the Pentagon's Joint Staff , which has since been shut down and taken off line. "According to the officials, the "sophisticated cyber intrusion" occurred sometime around July 25 and affected some 4,000 military and civilian personnel work for the Joint Chiefs of Staff." The story claims that it's unclear whether the mail-system's attackers were backed by the Russian government. (Expect more to come on this story.)

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Re:"sources," eh? "US officials" you say?

[ScentCone]

On the other hand, the US continues to try to antagonize Russia

It's true. Russia normally wouldn't feel the need to roll tanks into and kill people in Ukraine, but they just can't help it. They're so stressed out over being antagonized. Luckily for us, we had a stellar person as our nation's top diplomat, and she had a big red plastic "reset" button that she brought with her to Russia to make everything better. And if the Russians DID hack into DoD mail servers, at least we know they could never have hacked into her mail server, in her house ... because, she knows a guy who told her it was all nice and secure, not to worry.