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Justice Department Charging Russian Spies and Criminal Hackers in Yahoo Intrusion (washingtonpost.com)
The Justice Department is set to announce Wednesday, reports the Washington Post, the indictments of two Russian spies and two criminal hackers in connection with the heist of 500 million Yahoo user accounts in 2014, marking the first U.S. criminal cyber charges ever against Russian government officials (Editor's note: the link could be paywalled; alternate source). From the report: The indictments target two members of the Russian intelligence agency FSB, and two hackers hired by the Russians. The charges include hacking, wire fraud, trade secret theft and economic espionage, according to officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the charges have not yet been announced. The indictments are part of the largest hacking case brought by the United States.
We can punish Russian spies for hacking Yahoo but not the election. Sadly, it appears that Dear Leader Trump will suppress any investigation and attempt to find the truth about the election. The Republicans are no better than the Nazi Party in 1930s Germany, and are sadly winning in their desire for a totalitarian regime that only cares about the wealthy.
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/17/03/15/0521225/hacking-victim-cant-sue-foreign-government-for-hacking-him-on-us-soil-says-court
Since the U.S. hacks 1,000s of computers (both foreign governments and individuals), does this mean any other country can now pass laws against hacking and immediately convict the U.S. for criminal behavior?
When Yahoo claimed they had been hacked by a foreign government organisation - rather than private hackers - I thought "well, they would claim that" because the big guys are pretty much unstoppable. This article is a claim that indictments may be about to happen, things are starting to become interesting.
Still, the US along with various allies are quite happy to cause problems in other countries. Even a smoking gun is not going to change anything apart from perceptions.
Mielipiteet omiani - Opinions personal, facts suspect.
You mean Russian's now have all my offers from Dunham's, window replacement companies, "better" interest rate on loans, Olive Garden, etc. etc.????? What ever will I do?
Three stories down:
"Hacking Victim Can't Sue Foreign Government For Hacking Him On US Soil, Says Court"
Well.. which is it?
They have charged Edward Snowden, as well.
How's that working out?
It little behooves the best of us to comment on the rest of us.
"What is the maximum value of the universal-sandbox' irony-type ?"
Requiem for the American Dream
Yahoo! give GCHQ access to Yahoo system a long time ago. Yahoo messenger and Yahoo groups. Yahoo groups used to be the most monitored and the most often deleted. GCHQ used to run amok on Yahoo, sending people attachments and just really being annoying bastards. It went the same way as ICQ.
I have never used Twitter but they tell me that Twitter is going the same way.
hackers charge you!
They will be hunting for spies and terrorists while putting innocent people at risk only to find nothing or what we already knew about before the witch hunts. Kinda reminds me of what we did a decade ago, but it's cyber instead of sand and everyone is put at privacy and security risk. They'll find something stupid and make it a big deal to get the Wikileaks thing off their back.
Just a couple of stories down the page we see the title "Hacking Victim Can't Sue Foreign Government For Hacking Him On US Soil, Says Court". Conveniently inconsistent.
A couple of people can pull off an enormous hack like this, but they can't manage to do it without leaving electronic business cards, flags, "Go Putin!" t-shirts etc. behind? Bullshit.
The U.S. likes to paint the unrealistic image of the savvy Russian hacker who breaks in to every system, but who at the same time is like a stupid, bumbling clown. It simply doesn't hold up.
Looks like it's a variant of the old sending-money-home-to-the-relatives scam.