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Russians Used Malware On Android Devices To Track and Target Ukraine Artillery, Says Report (reuters.com)
schwit1 quotes a report from Reuters: A hacking group linked to the Russian government and high-profile cyber attacks against Democrats during the U.S. presidential election likely used a malware implant on Android devices to track and target Ukrainian artillery units from late 2014 through 2016, according to a new report released Thursday. The malware was able to retrieve communications and some locational data from infected devices, intelligence that would have likely been used to strike against the artillery in support of pro-Russian separatists fighting in eastern Ukraine, the report from cyber security firm CrowdStrike found. The hacking group, known commonly as Fancy Bear or APT 28, is believed by U.S. intelligence officials to work primarily on behalf of the GRU, Russia's military intelligence agency. The implant leveraged a legitimate Android application developed by a Ukrainian artillery officer to process targeting data more quickly, CrowdStrike said. Its deployment "extends Russian cyber capabilities to the front lines of the battlefield," the report said, and "could have facilitated anticipatory awareness of Ukrainian artillery force troop movement, thus providing Russian forces with useful strategic planning information."
Damn Hillary was in charge of 9 different government agencies? Wait no you are spreading fake news.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/10/26/the-facts-behind-trumps-repeated-claim-about-hillary-clintons-role-in-the-russian-uranium-deal/
http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2016/sep/30/donald-trump/nuclear-claim-donald-trump-says-hillary-clinton-ga/
The State Department was one of nine agencies comprising CFIUS, which vets potential national security impacts of transactions where a foreign government gains control of a U.S. company. It was established by Congress in 2007 after the controversy over the planned purchase of seaports by a company in United Arab Emirates. The other agencies were the departments of Treasury, Defense, Justice, Commerce, Energy and Homeland Security, and two White House agencies (Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and Office of Science and Technology Policy).
If Russia isn't invading and attacking Ukraine, as Putin has been saying for over two years now, why would Russian artillery be targeting Ukrainian artillery in Ukraine?
I guess when you've lost over 2,000 soldiers during your invasion, and the weekly shipments of cargo 200 keep crossing into your country, it becomes time to drop the facade of the charade and just admit the truth you've been denying.
We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security. -- Dwight D. Eisenhower
>> I still have no idea what you're trying to say
:)
The Democrats didn't worry about the Russians until...they needed a distraction in the 2016 election. And for some reason, they're still whining about them instead of cleaning up their own party.
Alternatively, Democrats should perhaps learn the most important lesson of ethics and morality: if you don't want the world to know about your shady shit...don't do shady shit.
In 1773, the Russians hacked the mail ships and inserted the message that there was to be a Tea Tax.
The American revolution was an error!
Great minds think alike; fools seldom differ.
Why would the Russians, who are close allies with Hillary since she sold them a chunk (20%) of the US uranium deposits for a simple donation to the Clinton Foundation
The State Dept. was one of nine agencies who reviewed the deal. And Clinton wasn't even the State Department person who sat on the committee who reviewed it.
And the biggest donor didn't even have a financial stake in the company in question at the time he donated to the Clinton Foundation.
and the fake news sites (CNN, etc) are so relentless on spreading this rumor without any evidence.
Yes imagine, someone spreading rumours of corruption without evidence.
I stole this Sig
And imagine someone downvoting your informative post. No, wait -- no imagination is necessary, some crank already did exactly that.
Why would anyone allow soldiers in his command to use cell phones in an active war zone? That seems daft.
We have to call it what it is: "Russian Cyber Espionage". This is "Russian cyber espionage" and Trump won't even mention the word, and nor will Rex Tillerson. He won't use the term ‘Russian cyber espionage,’ Now, to solve a problem, you have to be able to state what the problem is or at least say the name. Trump won't say the name and Tillerson won't say the name. But the name is there. It's "Russian cyber espionage."
Someone had to do it.
When you and I are the only ones in the room, yes.
You are welcome on my lawn.
In fairness, Trump hasn't learned what the term "cyber" means. I hardly think you can then fault him for failing to use it in phrase.
You are such an obvious Ukrainian doing his job.
I am sorry, but Russian Federation (not to be confused with "Russia") has lost all credibility after its invasion of Crimea. First, it was occupied by "volunteers" (Putin's own words). And then a "referendum" was held. So the world was asked to believe that a well-organized army units capable of providing logistics and having a well-organized chain of command was able to pull off a "fair election" (print ballots, inform the populus about pros and cons of voting for either side of the vote, verify that each voter was a legal resident registered to vote at the polling place where he voted) within a few weeks. And only then the "official" RF forces marched in and took over? It took RF 10 years to fight the rebels in Chechnya, but rag-tag volunteers organized an election, formed a legal structure to petition RF to take over, and kept the island from erupting in mayhem in 2-3 weeks? Right. We believe in "Ukrainian civil war" about as much as we believe in those "volunteers".
Any guest worker system is indistinguishable from indentured servitude.
Radical Islam have been around for so long that the pattern is very clear. They grow and implode on themselves, over and over again.
Well. Last time it took 1200 years, with good part of Europe ending up in quite bad shape.
Take a look here (ignore what guy is saying, he might be biased, focus on the map, which is based on facts)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
I think that better statement is that Islam was continously expanding in aggresive manner since its founding, but got a hicckup in last 200 years, where it has stopped, lost most of its power and had to regrow. I'm not really looking forward for another 1200 years of fighting...