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American 'Vigilante Hacker' Defaces Russian Ministry's Website (ksat.com)
An anonymous Slashdot reader quotes CNN Money:
An American vigilante hacker -- who calls himself "The Jester" -- has defaced the website of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in retaliation for attacks on American targets... "Comrades! We interrupt regular scheduled Russian Foreign Affairs Website programming to bring you the following important message," he wrote. "Knock it off. You may be able to push around nations around you, but this is America. Nobody is impressed."
In early 2015, CNN Money profiled The Jester as "the vigilante who hacks jihadists," noting he's a former U.S. soldier who now "single-handedly taken down dozens of websites that, he deems, support jihadist propaganda and recruitment efforts. He stopped counting at 179." That article argues that "the fact that he hasn't yet been hunted down and arrested says a lot about federal prosecutors and the FBI. Several cybersecurity experts see it as tacit approval."
"In an exclusive interview with CNNMoney this weekend, Jester said he chose to attack Russia out of frustration for the massive DNS cyberattack that knocked out a portion of the internet in the United States on Friday... 'I'm not gonna sit around watching these f----rs laughing at us.'"
In early 2015, CNN Money profiled The Jester as "the vigilante who hacks jihadists," noting he's a former U.S. soldier who now "single-handedly taken down dozens of websites that, he deems, support jihadist propaganda and recruitment efforts. He stopped counting at 179." That article argues that "the fact that he hasn't yet been hunted down and arrested says a lot about federal prosecutors and the FBI. Several cybersecurity experts see it as tacit approval."
"In an exclusive interview with CNNMoney this weekend, Jester said he chose to attack Russia out of frustration for the massive DNS cyberattack that knocked out a portion of the internet in the United States on Friday... 'I'm not gonna sit around watching these f----rs laughing at us.'"
I mean: Russian's federation policy *is* pretty disgusting. Nobody likes Putin. But still: how stupid is this Jester. (S)he should be taking down IoT manufacturer's websites instead, because we *know* those are involved somehow, and Russia... pfeh. Could be, could not be.
If that's all the "free world" can muster, we're doomed. Ugh.
I put very little faith in the FBI nowadays. They have proven themselves to be just a political weapon of whoever is in power. Their shiny reputation is somewhat tarnished. I doubt they'll ever be trusted again to be impartial and nonpartisan.
A disinclination to prosecute people just because they don't happen to agree with your politics *is* impartial and non-partisan. This is not a bug, but rather, a feature.
Il n'y a pas de Planet B.
Defacing a website that they put up is just as impressive as painting a building with graffiti. When they start leaking documents that embarrass Russia's politicians, then and only then will you have people's attention.
Anons need not reply. Questions end with a question mark.
Russia ... pays ... [for] ...online ... propaganda... One person from the U.S., doing this on his own without government backing...
Do you mean the government of the United States does not allocate money to promote actively its policies online? It would be interesting to know if there is such an expense in the US budget and, if still yes, to compare it with Russia's spending in this domain.
I looked at Wikipedia article on the US budget 2016, but I could not find detailed expenses https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
So when a Russian, allegedly, does it to the DNC it's because Putin.
When an American does it to Russia it's "Oh, look at that vigilante that we don't condone at all".
Martha Stewart went to federal prison for much less than Hillary Clinton and her cronies did, and with much less firm evidence against Stewart. Clinton benefited from a grotesque double standard that you have to be mindless not to see.
one person from the U.S., doing this on his own without government backing
Sounds like the US should arrest him and extradite him. After all we'd requested the same from foreign governments.
you're right. her critics usually end up committing suicide by shooting themselves in the back of the head. sometimes twice.
So remind me again what she did that differs from what Powell did when he ran his private email server? Or what the RNC did when they ran a large portion of the White House email traffic on their servers and conveniently forgot to make any backups?
22 million of emails from the Bush area are still missing.