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FBI Says a Mysterious Hacking Group Has Had Access to US Govt Files for Years (vice.com)
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai, reporting for Motherboard: The feds warned that "a group of malicious cyber actors," whom security experts believe to be the government-sponsored hacking group known as APT6, "have compromised and stolen sensitive information from various government and commercial networks" since at least 2011, according to an FBI alert obtained by Motherboard. The alert, which is also available online, shows that foreign government hackers are still successfully hacking and stealing data from US government's servers, their activities going unnoticed for years. [...] In the alert, the FBI lists a long series of websites used as command and control servers to launch phishing attacks "in furtherance of computer network exploitation (CNE) activities [read: hacking] in the United States and abroad since at least 2011."
If the FBI a) know about it and b) are complaining then i's no mystery - it must be the CIA.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
It is what happens when you use swiss cheese for a security design.
They cannot even secure their own privacy. And a backdoor key to unlock or devices would be safe? You do the math.
Well, it is all in the subject, so this is just filler.
Don't fight for your country, if your country does not fight for you.
This is why they think they can get into any phone.
Despite their best effort, their stuff keeps getting owned. So they think that every other system has easy holes in it too.
All these government servers, Hitlery's out of band leaky illegal bathroom depository, iPhones. All of it.
Can't figure out wHo would want to have InterNal file Access.
"Evil will always triumph over good, because good is dumb." - Dark Helmet (Spaceballs)
Government systems.... built and secured by the lowest bidder....
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
Are these assertions verifiable? If they are not, the fact that they were made is irrelevant.
Through which mechanism can the population verify this information is true?
If such mechanism doesn't exist, why make this information public?
Is Faith a required aspect of citizenship now?
In other words:
Information based on secret data is of value only internally to the sharers of the secret.
This distribution of unverifiable information is simply propaganda.
to encrypt the government to save it from those pesky things they never do to others.
by TheSpoom (715771) Uncaring Linux user here. I have nothing to add to this but please continue. *munches popcorn*
The contents of the San Bernardino iPhone wins, and proves Apple's point.
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The solution is obvious.
Further restricting the rights of the American people will surely solve this problem.
Ever heard an iteration of this BS before? "Why not let your government collect data on you? you have nothing to hide."
I mean besides targeted ads, invasion of privacy, online profiling that will affect the prices of products and search results, being subjected to voyeurism by bored government agencies, attracting whatever weirdo or teen hacker that managed to somehow get the data, perhaps elongating the queue at the airport when you're "randomly" asked about that "funny" prank in college, or the widely used change of your insurance quote because some stupid filter found a word associated with higher risk somewhere in a database that has info about you...but let's get back on point:
Why would I trust the government with my data when they cannot secure their own data? -Why should I still bend over and just accept their blatant and useless corrosion of individual privacy and freedom in lieu of their incompetence and carelessness?
A 'singular oddity' is an event that cannot be explained and only happens when you are alone.
How does it work that "the lowest bidder" always costs orders of magnitude more than the private sector?
I think the obvious answer is the need for more back doors in all systems. Obviously we need to get those responsible and the only way is to put the master keys in the hands of the most responsible, technically savvy people ever to walk this earth. It's really the only way to keep out children safe and get the bad guys.
If they have implanted a virus in the Intel Management Engine, they have a permanent backdoor since 2008. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Never easier... Only a Really peTulant arcH-nemesis would asK fOR such unfEttered Access!
as usual. More carefully composed dirt, mixed together just to have something more to throw at China and Russia.
Why is this supposed "secure" information anywhere available to the internet. This stuff shouldn't have any access to the internet. Man information security has gone out the window. I would fire my IT team if they were that incompetent and didn't notice something for months, much less years.
At least his bookmarks file anyway.
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During the Clinton administration the Chinese hacked into and took military secrets. What dos the US do? it outsources more work to China to make goods sold in the US. The US government can't handle security well at all and no longer cares to help its own citizens. That's why Trump is popular. People want to believe that an outsider can make things better, since the insiders keep screwing things up.
It's not a mystery, it is Israel. Up to their dirty little tricks as usual.
There are five known military espionage units spying on government files, the CIA, NSA, and the other two agencies none are permitted to know about.
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This is CYWATCH is 46 days old... Is this news?
does anyone have the link to the alert from the fbi itself? all the links that I've seen just summarize.
nothing to see here - move along
Yet another reason why the old guys who think warrantless surveillance is ok are fucktards.
It was HACKERS. That says it all, doesn't it? HACKERS. Yes, it was HACKERS. Indeed it was. HACKERS.
"Let us exhume McCarthy immediately!!"
With every action, the FBI reminds us why they never wanted to rename their HQ.
Posting as Anonymous Coward for obvious reasons. Dear Feds: How many times does this have to happen before you finally make use of your invisible asset? American black hats are every bit as good as these foreign hackers. Maybe better. We are tired of being made to look second rate because the foreign hackers can operate with the approval of their governments and do not have to worry that their equivalent of the FBI may be preparing to knock on the door.
If you would just cut us a deal, promise not to prosecute us for attacking the bad actors, maybe give us a place to post our results, we would soon show you how effective we can be. You won't because you consider us a loose cannon. We are, no question about that. But in the thick of battle a loose cannon is far better than NO cannon. Think about it.
I can tell you're not an American black hat. Everyone knows half of American hackers are on FBI payroll, and the other half desperately want to be.
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I thought the NSA had these amazing mass surveillance tools. By now, they should know every member of that hacking group. What's their excuse.
The vast majority of government purchases are off the shelf commercial products bought at wholesale prices from the GSA Schedule. The statement that the government "always costs orders of magnitude more" is blatantly false.
I know exactly who had access to those files.... Hillary Clinton, go get her boys.
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Where? Some bum-fuck tiny ISP? Some tiny shit business of some insignificant variety? Some community college IT department? A so-called contractor?
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Typical arrogant nonsense from some basement dweller. In other words, go fuck yourself.
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Stuck on stupid. No sequestration has given away the house.
Sad but very true.
Am I the only one who noticed that the article is complete hype with no valid information? It even links to a user submitted OTX threat monitor pulse from February containing a list of malicious domain names, referring to it as an FBI Security Flash on the issue. This is nothing but a collection of random comments strewn together to sound scary. I am personally collecting a list of sites which mirror this article to build a simple "what not to read" site list for new security analysts...
Do me a favor: Get down on your knees, open wide and take your dentures out, and get ready to recieve a huge load of steaming hot baby batter.
Can't be the NSA, then; they've been hacking that $#!+ since the dawn of time.
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So maybe it was a good idea after all that Clinton ran her own email server? That one did not get hacked as far as we know.