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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.
"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.
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.
LOL as if the USA hasn't meddled in so many countries' elections. It's really rich to hear you complain. The 1996 Russian election was decided by collusion with the Americans. And many elections since. Hell, even in Brexit Obama interfered by saying Britain would be at the back of the queue for trade negotiations. Isn't it a wonderful triumph of democracy when the people act against the wishes of elites? Let's all take a moment to cheer.
Shutting down free speech with violence isn't fighting fascism. It IS fascism!
I hope you're not admitting the Russians are guilty? Wouldn't want you to lose your job over this.
Supervisor to cubicle 101! Supervisor to cubicle 101! DNS-and-BIND leaving the script. Thoughtcrime in progress.
"The people" ARE the government. Having an external body make decisions for them without reference to their opinions is...what's the word? Oh right: fascist. You're a fascist. The entire idea of "my ideas are right and yours are wrong" is anti-democratic to the core. How the fuck do you end up with an idea like "the EU is an unmitigated good which must never be opposed"? It's just one idea, with which reasonable people may disagree. To say otherwise is fascist.
Shutting down free speech with violence isn't fighting fascism. It IS fascism!