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UK Blames Russia For Cyber Attack, Says Won't Tolerate Disruption (reuters.com)
Britain blamed Russia on Thursday for a cyber-attack last year, publicly pointing the finger at Moscow for spreading a virus which disrupted companies across Europe including UK-based Reckitt Benckiser. From a report: Russia denied the accusation, saying it was part of "Russophobic" campaign it said was being waged by some Western countries. The so-called NotPetya attack in June started in Ukraine where it crippled government and business computers before spreading around the world, halting operations at ports, factories and offices. Britain's foreign ministry said the attack originated from the Russian military. "The decision to publicly attribute this incident underlines the fact that the UK and its allies will not tolerate malicious cyber activity," the ministry said in a statement. "The attack masqueraded as a criminal enterprise but its purpose was principally to disrupt," it said.
That'll teach them, if we just keep telling them we wont tolerate things enough maybe they'll just stop poisoning people in London with radioactive materials, and stop bringing down NHS systems and such.
We just need to keep up the pressure of telling them how much we wont tolerate it and then they'll stop.
That anyone in our own agencies could have created it with the footprint of any nation. And there is plenty of motivation for our own agencies to do it. In fact, it is part and parcel for something like the CIA to do.
So this is a finger pointing shit show leaving wondering who to trust here.
Yeah
Lock him up!
"Country with history of lying about foreign affairs accusing another country with a history of lying about foreign affairs of lying about foreign affairs."
This story was a waste of electricity.
Given what GCHQ get up to, that makes the UK government a bunch of utter grade A hypocrites.
This must be today's news of an attack that APK's work failed to stop. I'm sure he is off trying to figure out a way to claim that hosts stops it but will completely miss the point of the attack. Too bad he has problems parsing English so doesn't realize what was actually said and doesn't seem to understand that his software is a very bad security janitor that tries but fails miserably to clean up the mess. I'm sure we can look forward to misquoted Slashdot users, incorrectly interpreted "experts", lots of name calling, as well as piles of fevered ranting.
At least the UK leadership did not, publicly and directly, implore Russia to involve themselves in the internal decision making process in the UK.It is kind of hard to act self-righteous if you first ask them to do it.
UK cybersecurity is pants. How do we know ? The Defence Secretary just told us. Russia is using the internet to rig elections in other countries. How do we know ? They are so bent on destruction of the UK that May is still in power, and Boris Johnson is Foreign Secretary. No doubt Russia is to blame for Brexit as well, despite not having provided the gun, loaded the bullet, pointed it at the UK's foot or pulled the trigger. The UK has at least 99 problems, but Russia right now probably isn't one of them.
"..The 1980s are now calling to ask for their foreign policy back..becausethe Cold War’s been over for 20 years.”
This is why the leaders of the West should never get complacent, it's one step away from cocky and negligent.
It's not paranoia if they're really out to get you.
Look back up at my post, now look back down, you're on the Internet. Now look back up. I'm a signature.
Are we now seeing why "The Boy who Cried Wolf" and "Chicken Little" fables were important to learn when you were a child?
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You wanted to blame Russia! Russia! Russia! just to undermine Trump
Thanks for the note, comrade. However, it would be more convincing if Trump himself wasn't constantly making false and pants-on-fire statements all the time.
Anons need not reply. Questions end with a question mark.
Putin is like the Steve jobs of modern Russia: He's holding the focus of the organization he's been a part of together, and a popular cult leader for the self-trumpeted accomplishments he manufactures as needed. He left for a time, though retained connections, only to return and 'rescue' his organization, breaking rules the entire time. Even though he consistently does things that would be labelled as traditionally evil in any other context, he's treated as legitimate by virtue of his station. The question in that context is: What happens when he dies? His nation is largely a cult of personality, with no one really trusted to play that role in wake of that personality. Don't get me wrong - there's a succession path that will function, but mostly to reflect the imagined wished of the departed leader, not to actually play that role, to really hold that focus. The underlying greed and chaos will overwhelm that focus with all that stand to take his place. Their scientific community is largely still remnants of soviet systems, living in aluminum/copper-topped 'golden brain' showcases: Source Their military adventures and patriotism will be overwhelmed by their enormous cultural cynicism - and yes, it is actually stronger than American cynicism at this point. The amazing thing to me would be the likely outcome that many will see Putin's reign as a golden age for their nation. Perhaps they could elect Trump as their next leader - they seem to have a thing for sociopaths with a bottomless pit of vendettas.
Oh, well ... if they won't tolerate it, that's different.
We are so sorry, comrade!
Does anyone else thing it's interesting that the first 10 comments regarding a story about Russia come from anon or high number registered users that cast doubt on the story and putting it in a Republicans versus Democrats light? I'm just saying, it seems like the kind of thing Russian agents might be vying for.
Anons need not reply. Questions end with a question mark.
It was an Italian using a Russian proxy
Isn't the UK fucking stupid?
"We did it, you totally caught us! You are very clever you Brits you!"
Said no criminal or spy ever.
...Oh, yeah, Trump's approval ratings are now above what Obama had.
Actually, Trump's approval ratings did rise slightly since December... but, no, even with that slight up-tick, his approval ratings are still lower than Obama's. (Or Bush's, for that matter.)
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/trump-approval-ratings/
Wrong, I assume you would side with an obvious liar and traitor if his political ideology is as racist and counterproductive as yours.
All the trump-tards are just as willing to sell their country out to Russia for personal gain as Trump is.
The only difference is that Trump is actually getting paid by Russian money laundering, but you are acting against your own interest having been conned by an obvious scam artist.
If you're a Trumper, you're not going to believe anything that criticises your orange hero. We know.
I do not want your cheap brainburning drugs. They are useless for work. And I am a working man today.
The fact that the attack started with Ukraine is very strong evidence that it's Russia. They have been attacking Ukraine continuously since 2014.
It's also likely that, this time, it wasn't actually an attack aimed at Britain. Not that they wouldn't attack Britain, but this time it looks like Britain was just collateral damage of an attack on Ukraine, because turns out that malware and viruses don't stick around at the target you send them to, they spread out.
It was Republicans who engaged Christopher Steele for a dossier on Trump. It appears that in actuality, you don't know what you're talking about. Shame.
I do not want your cheap brainburning drugs. They are useless for work. And I am a working man today.
Russia, Russia, Russia!
Two years ago, Russia was just another country, with a GDP about the same as Italy's.
Now, if you get a flat tire, it's Russia's fault.
And Russia is siding with right? When did that happen?
No actual evidence of course, that would be silly.
If you're a Trumper, you're not going to believe anything that criticises your orange hero. We know.
And if you're an anit-Trumper, you'll vilify anything that doesn't criticize your orange devil. Welcome to the conversation on hyper-polarized political representation! Next we'll discuss how magnets are not a good analogy for a two-party governing system... Oh, and how have we not heard the argument of "I'm rubber, you're glue..." in Congress yet? C'mon people, entertain me!!
Not really, there are a lot of anon comments early on most stories, not just Russian ones, so you're subjecting yourself to confirmation bias.
I have a relatively low numbered account from around 2001 or 2002, BTW, I'm just posting anon for the irony and because it shows others how conspiratorial the thinking is. "We don't know, therefore Russia!"
P.S. you might want to look up how many of the past Russia stories were retracted in whole or in part... The headline is the most misleading piece of any article these days.
But then noone would buy their gas and pay in hard currency.
Liar.
The Washington Free Beacon, a conservative media outlet, hired Fusion GPS to research ALL Republican candidates during the primaries, starting in October 2015. They fired Fusion in May 2016, when the primaries were mostly over.
Steele was hired by Fusion GPS in June, 2016. There was ZERO overlap between the Free Beacon's funding of general research and the DNC and Clinton campaign's funding of Steele's collection of lies.
The Free Beacon's involvement is well documented with public releases of payments and IRS/FEC filings.
Don't tolerate it. Now what, Theresa? What exactly are you going to do about it? How, exactly are you going to not tolerate it? Nuke them? Impose sanctions or something? Who is going to listen to you and your jokes? Some poor soul somewhere on the Isle of something or other, perhaps. Some retired pinhead with a greasy fat chip in one hand and a union jack in another wailing "we don't need no immagrunts!". You left the eu, remember? Trump is all about america first so he sure as hell isn't going to back you on thid one.
Please tell us Mrs. May, what are you going to to about it, exactly? Will M come up with something?
Hysterical for intervention; continue narrative.
But remember to keep saying it's the enemy team who keeps falling for fake news; your team is just too darn smart to fall for it, the news says so!
" - the UK and its allies will not tolerate malicious cyber activity"
That's mighty big talk for a failed monarchy that cannot manage an alliance with it's neighbors and is being invaded by the hordes of the sub-continent.
The Russians must be quaking in their boots, fearing an onslaught from a million Sinclair computers.
Howdy comrade! How's Siberia?
I'm sorry, but I'm an actual born and raised, educated US citizen and I know how to read and disseminate what is government propaganda. Hope the Kremlin is treating you well. How are your fellow Russians doing?
Nope! The Republican Party did not pay for the Steele dossier. That is fake news. They paid for opposition research which did not involve Steele in any way. Fun fact: Steele was fired by Obama's FBI for being an unreliable source.
Shutting down free speech with violence isn't fighting fascism. It IS fascism!
The only things Russia cares about are: cryptocurrency, and purchases of oil and natural gas.
Quadruple investment in Renewables and cut them off at the knees.
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Unironically linking to Politifact? What's next? Snopes and Shareblue?
That's a great example of actual fake news that's very persistent in liberal circles.
The Associated Press retracted that story and issued a correction: https://apnews.com/63c883156e314b68b86209d3b63890f5
More fun fact: Steele was fired in September 2016 for being unreliable, his information was used in Oct 2016 to get a FISA warrant without the judge being told the source was fired for being unreliable.
Whats it called when you use fake information and lie to a judge to get a warrant? List who committed the crime this instance:
James Comey
Loretta Lynch
Rosenstein
Sally Yeats
Andrew McCabe
Bruce Ohr
Come on then, I'll play, where should we get our facts from?
I stopped it (Petya/NotPetya based) DECADES ago https://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11704569&cid=56072611/ along w/ other NSA based exploit attacks!
U even AGREE it works https://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11704569&cid=56071205/ & I've been setting up my systems thus for DECADES (since the NT 3.51 days even).
Thus, no NSA based exploit of netbios over tcp/ip OR SMB/LanMan networking in Windows IS POSSIBLE for my setup (which is like many folks' out there - a SINGLE system online TCP/IP connected online only, no other home LAN/WAN connected).
* You FAIL as always (it's just "What you do/How you Roll" (or get ROLLED by me, lol)).
APK
P.S.=> Thanks for making ME look GOOD & yourself, as always vs. me, VERY BAD on your part, lol... apk
Come on then, I'll play, where should we get our facts from?
There's this: https://www.rt.com/
and this: https://www.infowars.com/
Authoritarian, not fascist. A monarchy, even a representative one, is inherently authoritarian.
You would be right if the monarch actually had political power, but in the UK s/he does not. In the UK, the monarch is a figurehead and is in fact a prohibited from engaging in politics. The British government has its problems, but being "inherently authoritarian" isn't one of them.
why do we have to care what that dumb island has to say? what has England done for anyone in the past 25 years? mod it "troll" all you want, but you know you can't give a straight answer to that question.
Any guest worker system is indistinguishable from indentured servitude.
> will not tolerate
and what exactly you are gonna do, Granny UK ? shit all over yourself ?
> educated
now this part is doubtful
IT'S A PLOT!
Russia is the inocent one here. Amazing and peaceful President Putin loves all other nations, he has said so to many times and people. I am English and I am offended that our government is so quick to attack such a beautiful and peaceful nation full of loving leaders who wish nothing but the best for all. It is for the shame!
"the people" voted Brexit because they thought it would make the fucking brown people go away.
Appeal to emotion with an extra helping of fallacy of the single cause.
This tactic gets used often because using racism as a cudgel is both fun and easy. Plenty of simple minded people fall for it.
Did you mean to say "discriminate" instead of disseminate Ivan?
See subject: I could be a FULL-TIME screwup like you (no 1st, probably 10th time you screwup like this) https://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11741695&cid=56126363/ where you stupidly & wrongly say "hosts don't work vs. this threat" & THEY DO, lol!
* You do a GREAT JOB providing me not only amusement, but you also make ME look GOOD (as you just did here today & you EVEN AGREED w/ my methods) https://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11751276&cid=56129878/
APK
P.S.=> Thanks, lmao... apk
How many truthful posts are you allowed to make each day Boris?
If the code litter is found its from a clandestine service and then passed to the media as a story to publish.
With art work, science words, names and dates to fill out the "approved" story. Real spy work is never in the media as it gives away methods.
If cyber and spy methods are given to the media before 30 years its all fiction.
Methods in the media tell another nation how smart they have been. No security service would allow any methods, results, feedback to be published in real time, that would all be kept secret.
Approved real time publication is evidence of an approved fictional story.
Domestic spying is now "Benign Information Gathering"
Looks like retard Alexander Peter Kowalski is again faking support for himself by not signing his posts.
He really hates it when it is pointed out that he does this
It is strange how the only people who support him argue like him, use the same words as him, and link to posts like he does.
It's almost like there is an tiny army of people who are just as retarded as Alexander Peter Kowalski out there, or more than likely it is just APK pretending he has support.
I see we have retard Alexander Peter Kowalski pretending he did original work.
Sorry but you didn't have an original thought, even if you advice is the correct course of action.
If one looks into his sources it links back to an article he wrote where he is telling people how to get a CIS benchmark score of 85
This isn't an impressive piece of work as CIS will tell you exactly how to achieve a perfect score and does so in their freely available benchmarks.
Even outside of that it has been standard advice to stop and uninstall all software that you do not need, which this would have fallen under for more people.
If you can't stop or uninstall the software then you should have other mitigating defences in place which is something APK completely ignores, which again is common security advice that predates APK.
So like always we have APK dependent on the work of others and lacks the ability to form an actual original non retarded thought.
Then we have him apparently thinking I made the original post, that isn't my thing, I call APK a retard, no more no less.
I look forward to more retarded statements from Alexander Peter Kowalski.
Looks like retard Alexander Peter Kowalski has the wrong person again
He should be use to it as he is wrong almost all the time.
Now he will get mad and likely go full retard.
See subject & prove it: You're nothing but an UNIDENTIFIABLE little punk that stalks me & you don't do shit despite your hollow claim "you write REAL securityware" (where is it blowhard?) & that you're a 'security guru & I'd shit my pants if I knew who you were" (lol, I know WHAT you are, a punk).
It's std. advice to cut things you don't need since I've been putting that type of advice out there since 1990 (back as far as DOS). Have you?? Again, prove it to YOUR NAME/YOUR CREDIT, punk.
Additionally - (it had errors that could lock you out) & I ended up w/ a 99% score in the end.
APK
P.S.=> You're nothing but a "jealous jowie" mere "ne'er-do-well" DO-NOTHING little zero & you know it BUT you ARE welcome to prove otherwise (you can't)... apk
FUD works so well. It does not matter if a link is advertized as something negative about Russia as long as one of the underlying goals is reached.
When one's goal is destablization of foreign nations, one task is to make them doubt their authorities and various groups of themselves.
Looks like the SAME unidentifiable anonymous pussy (you) stalking me again - tell you what - why don't we meet in person so I can "correct you" PERMANENTLY?
* You little stalking punk...
APK
P.S.=> You're a "ne'er-do-well" do nothing "jealous jowie" little pussy & nothing more (you don't prove otherwise)... apk
You're cute. With your attempts at reasoning and what not. Can I hug you?
You get your "facts" from nature. The rest is just bullshit for the slaves. Opt-out and reclaim your brain.