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US Says North Korea 'Directly Responsible' For WannaCry Ransomware Attack (npr.org)
The White House has publicly blamed North Korea for a ransomware attack in May that locked more than 300,000 computers in 150 countries. From a report: In an opinion piece published in The Wall Street Journal on Monday, Homeland security adviser Tom Bossert writes that after careful investigation, Washington can say that Pyongyang is "directly responsible" for the WannaCry virus. Bossert called the attack in which victims received ransom demands to unlock their computers "cowardly, costly and careless." "The consequences and repercussions of WannaCry were beyond economic," he wrote. "The malicious software hit computers in the U.K.'s health-care sector particularly hard, compromising systems that perform critical work. These disruptions put lives at risk." More details here.
However, the White House isn't a trustworthy source.
With a president with record low approval ratings, trying to make a bad enemy for us to unite against, does make political sense.
While there are some other groups involved, so it may be actual, but in this day in age Citing the White House is like Citing a You Tube comment.
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
When someone says that they have sufficient evidence to give all reasonable cause to believe something, and then don't even bother to say what that evidence actually is, I think there's a sufficient basis to believe that they don't really know what they are talking about, and are only trying to make themselves sound much smarter than they actually are for figuring it out.
File under 'M' for 'Manic ranting'
Where have you been the past year to think that "sensible" has anything to do with the current administration?
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
Trump is going to try to start a war. That is my prediction anyways. It is a well-known secret that War is good for approval ratings. First Trump will start to build up a threat. NK is doing this bad thing. Iran is doing that bad thing. It doesn't matter who it is. He just needs to scare people. Then he can save them by sending in bombers. And he can use CNN to cover the destruction which everyone loves to watch because it's like good-ole war movie but real life which is even cooler. Most leaders would not deliberately drive the country into a war knowing that there will be a huge cost in life. But I think we all sense that Trump is exactly that guy. He'll say, "we have to be smart ... have to get tough ... can't be weak ...". It's all going to be "tremendous" I'm sure. He would do just about anything to get any kind of affirmation whatsoever. He'll probably declare it in a tweet the cheap son-of-a-b**ch.
Makes perfect sense, after it was recently reported the fearless leader was accumulating the crypto-currency...
On the other hand, demonizing a political opponent is a sensible Machiavellian move.
There's nothing sensible about poking the North Korean bear.
That depends on why you are poking at it. If it's getting out of it's cage because the door is unlocked, it might be a good idea to poke a bit until the door can get locked.
In the case of poking at DPRK, it must be understood that this bear is actively perusing weapons of mass destruction and the means to use them on the US mainland. Their propaganda is clearly threatening the USA and it's allies. They have, or will soon have the means to attack the USA mainland and are saying they will.
So the problem here is that nobody can guarantee that DPRK won't do what they are threatening. We used to be able to just laugh it off because we KNEW they didn't have the means. Now they apparently have developed the means and continue to threaten to use it.
What would you do? It's one thing for some obviously unarmed guy on the street to yell at law enforcement that he's going to shoot and kill them but quite another when an armed guy does the same thing. One gets arrested, the other gets shot.
"File to fit, pound to insert, paint to match" - Aircraft Maintenance 101
US intelligence agencies are known to lie. They've lied since they were created. Never was there a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. After Iraq, you would expect people to know it, but it is worth repeating: "Do not trust the FBI/CIA/NSA. Look at the evidence and evaluate it for yourself."
"First they came for the slanderers and i said nothing."
NYT, politifact and Washington post articles? Nope.. You won't accept my Fox News reference for similar reasons...
How about picking your favorite lie and let's discuss it...
1. What did he actually say? (Including the context of the statement)
2. What is the truth of the matter and is this actually provable?
3. Has anybody corrected the statement, Trump or someone in his administration?
Remember, a LIE is when you are leading someone to believe something you KNOW is false. It's about what you know to be true and what your intent is.
So "If you like your plan, you can keep your plan" was a lie, as was "It will save a family of 4 $2,400/year", and "your taxes will not go up to pay for this" because Obama KNEW these where not true, but said them any way to sell the public something. Also "Bengasi was a riot over a video" was a lie told by the administration told to protect votes, full knowing the truth was entirely different, but nobody would be able to prove it until after the election.
So.. Just so you are not surprised.. If you do happen to find something to complain about here, I'm going to jump into a "are you sure this isn't a double standard" argument... Still care to play this game?
"File to fit, pound to insert, paint to match" - Aircraft Maintenance 101