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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.
Yeah
"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.
"..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.
Russia is doing this to plenty of countries, including the US. At least your country is led by people smart enough to say, "This isn't right." President Shithole actively invited them to mess with our elections.
I don't respond to AC's.
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.
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.
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!
...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.
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" voted Brexit because they thought it would make the fucking brown people go away. They were asked a complicated question and responded with a fucking stupid answer. There never should have been a referendum, there's a parliament that takes care of governance, democratically elected, and populated by people who know what the EU actually is.
I do not want your cheap brainburning drugs. They are useless for work. And I am a working man today.
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.
Use paragraphs.
I do not want your cheap brainburning drugs. They are useless for work. And I am a working man today.
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?
"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!
Russia is unlikely to improve as long as Putin, the oligarchs and the mafias are in charge. No matter how much he hypes up external threats, the 70% of the population who aren't gullible understand that, as in the west, the system is stacked in favour of the elites but unlike the west, they're not allowed even to elect a totally unsuitable leader who promises to "drain the swamp".
When even the rule of law is at the whim of the state and they see that anyone who complains too much ends up without a job or in prison or dead, they have little choice but to acquiesce or participate in the endemic corruption.
In such an environment, any call to work together for the good of the country will be met with hollow laughter at best.
Even when Putin eventually goes, hoping for a new leader who can make an efficient functioning state out of the current mess seems to be wishful thinking.
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!
Heck, I'm old enough to remember when warnings about Russia were met with "the 80's called...they want their cold war back!"
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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Authoritarian, not fascist. A monarchy, even a representative one, is inherently authoritarian.
"It's such a fine line between stupid and clever" -- David St. Hubbins, Spinal Tap
Heck, I'm old enough to remember when warnings about Russia were met with "the 80's called...they want their cold war back!"
Yeah, I guess Russia was our buddy when Obama pooh-poohed Romney's citing of Russia as a major threat to the US six years ago.
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/
That's it? That's the best argument you've got? The Queen is a fascist dictator? Seriously? LOL.
Shutting down free speech with violence isn't fighting fascism. It IS fascism!
"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.
. Instead the opinions of elites are held as correct without any critical thinking.
This is the thing, Breiters are stupid enough to believe that Boris Johnson is not one of the elites.
SJW n. One who posts facts.
The people of the UK voted to exit the EU. They went out and voted in person. Thats democracy. Not some EU bureaucrats making laws for the UK.
The people of the UK did not want "care of governance" from the EU.
Thats why the UK voted to exit the EU.
Domestic spying is now "Benign Information Gathering"
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"
the UK does extremely well.
No, it does not. It used to have a superb science program. It doesn't anymore. It now lives off of having the same language as the US. It has no manufacturing left to speak of. It is not producing great innovators or researchers. It just happens to trade on its language. US is responsible for most of the scientific research done in the world. US brings about most of innovation in medicine, electronics, and just about anything else that enables life. Who the hell cares that England managed to con a lot of people of the globe to think that British English is the real English. US English is the normative one. And Britain just charges businesses for being a gateway to the US if they can't get there on their own. Which brings back the question, "why should we, in the US, care about what that island thinks?"
Any guest worker system is indistinguishable from indentured servitude.
Erm no.
The cpu in that phone of yours is what, arm?