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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."
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.
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!
The American people are sick and tired of hearing about your damn emails
Agent K: A *person* is smart. People are dumb, stupid, panicky animals, and you know it.
Its one of those cognitive dissonance problems the people think its not my money why should I care?
If someone actually cared they would have looked at that price tag and gone whoa wtf? And found some one to do it for a few hundred at most.
But as it is they don't feel they have any stake in what they are approving and most likely don't really understand what they are approving or how much it should actually cost.
Despite the fact that it's still going to come out of their taxes somehow. Gov't employees do still pay taxes right?
Minimum threshold fixed. Thanks!
The same way a 5 dollar screwdrivers suddenly costs 200 bucks. The reams and reams of Federal Compliance Paperwork that MUST be completed for each one. Certifications per item that "Conflict Metals" are not included. Validation and auditing of HR and hiring procedures for everyone involved, from the guy digging the ore, to the guy putting it in the small box of "Screwdriver, Phillips, Size P2, 1 each, Federal Stock number. . . . . . " I could go on, but I think you can get the drift.
Oh, and Small/Disadvantaged Business set-asides, which are required, but cost much more, simply because small businesses generally don't have the full-time manpower for THEIR chunk of the compliance paperwork, so they generally have to either hire a full-time employee on top of their delivery, or bring in pricey consultants to do it for them. . .
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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The same way a 5 dollar screwdrivers suddenly costs 200 bucks. The reams and reams of Federal Compliance Paperwork that MUST be completed for each one.
Of course this anecdote is complete crap.
People like to blather on about a machine screw that they can buy at Ace Hardware for 50 cents costing the government $200. What they forget to say is that the government screw has been inspected and tested in a calibration lab and approved for use in aerospace such as jets and satellites, because, you know, it would be bad for this bolt to fail when the rocket is lifting off, and pilots tend to like engine parts to stay put... Small details.
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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
The private sector kickbacks and bribes are illegal...
In the public sector, it's considered normal and expected.
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"The reams and reams of Federal Compliance Paperwork that MUST be completed for each one."
If only there were so much bureaucracy. I know this is popular myth, but you just look silly repeating it.
The much more likely reason for cost inflation (outside of the case where NASA is using something that is *overtly* similar to a common item, but is actual not something you could buy off of the shelf) is very simple: quid pro quo. Our government is bought and sold, and one of the ways it pays back its beneficiaries is through overpriced contracts.
Lots of luck getting the corrupt body to police itself, though.
"Let us exhume McCarthy immediately!!"
With every action, the FBI reminds us why they never wanted to rename their HQ.
You assume the bureaucracy actually READS it. They don't. That doesn't stop the requirement to PROVIDE the documentation. Which will go on file somewhere, in case somebody needs to cover their ass because something went wrong.
None of her emails were "MARKED" classified. Markings of themselves does not make the emails classified or not. But hey, keep parroting irrelevant information as that always works.
Classifications are well established, and Clinton was informed on her duty (as in responsibility) to maintain secrecy. You should actually read the NDA Clinton actually signed, which is fairly clear on what her responsibilities and duties were. She has breached that NDA by all reasonable measures. Of course, partisan democrats will support her all the way to conviction, and probably beyond.
Markings are irrelevant. Some information was "classified" on creation. You keep repeating this line as if it matters, it does not.
Her server was not a "government server" which means it had LESS protection, not more. Again, relevant to the story because it was also likely compromised. We don't know if it was, because it was destroyed, in a clear attempt to avoid transparency. But hey, if you're okay with it it must be okay!
Agent K: A *person* is smart. People are dumb, stupid, panicky animals, and you know it.
oh, so you really subscribe to the urban myth and not just repeating it? Wow. I'm sorry.
If you ever got anywhere near procurement you'd be surprised at how it really works. And federal government procurement is not particularly any worse than anywhere else, but the federal government is a *huge* procurement source which makes it a natural target. But state government procurement is, if anything, worse. And corporate procurements can be quite labyrinthine as well.
While there are a variety of requirements, your statement is false. At best, it is an obscene exaggeration of the truth.
From my experience, and thus IMO, the *real* obnoxious part of procurement are the vendors. Otherwise known as professional liars.
Government work is pricey for a reason. Maybe you're friends with the mayor or governor, and your shit magically doesn't stink. Or maybe you have no friends, so you get a call at 2AM that basically goes "THE SERVER YOU SOLD US 17 YEARS AGO IS ON FIRE. REPLACE IT IN 12 HOURS OR GO TO JAIL"
"Prediction: within 10 years, Windows will be a Linux distribution." Me, 7-6-2016
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.
"Prediction: within 10 years, Windows will be a Linux distribution." Me, 7-6-2016
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.
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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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Jerk Hackers? were they dupin rares?
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...
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.