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Russia Is Behind Cyberattack On Saudi Petrochemical Plant, Researchers Say (zdnet.com)
U.S. researchers from FireEye have linked a Russian research lab to a cyberattack on a Saudi petrochemical plant. The malware strain called Triton -- or Trisis -- "was designed to either shut down a production process or allow SIS-controlled machinery to work in an unsafe state," reports ZDNet, citing technical reports from FireEye, Dragos, and Symantec. From the report: The group behind the malware, which FireEye has been tracking under the codename of TEMP.Veles, nearly succeeded last year, when it almost caused an explosion at a Saudi petrochemical plant owned by Tasnee, a privately owned Saudi company, according to a New York Times report. The malware's origins were a mystery when FireEye first discovered Triton in 2017 and remained a mystery even after the New York Times report in March 2018.
But in a report published today, FireEye says that following further research into incidents where the Triton malware was deployed, it can now assess with "high confidence" that the Central Scientific Research Institute of Chemistry and Mechanics (CNIIHM), a government-owned technical research institution located in Moscow, was involved in these attacks. FireEye's report does not link the Triton malware itself to CNIIHM, but the secondary malware strains used by TEMP.Veles and deployed during the incidents where Triton was deployed. Clues in these secondary malware strains used to aid the deployment of the main Triton payloads contained enough artifacts that allowed researchers to identify their source.
But in a report published today, FireEye says that following further research into incidents where the Triton malware was deployed, it can now assess with "high confidence" that the Central Scientific Research Institute of Chemistry and Mechanics (CNIIHM), a government-owned technical research institution located in Moscow, was involved in these attacks. FireEye's report does not link the Triton malware itself to CNIIHM, but the secondary malware strains used by TEMP.Veles and deployed during the incidents where Triton was deployed. Clues in these secondary malware strains used to aid the deployment of the main Triton payloads contained enough artifacts that allowed researchers to identify their source.
And then a was dismembered in a fist fight
Hey; don't knock it too much.
Prior to 2016 Russia could do no wrong. The establishment and its admirers were the same Russian apologists that they'd been since the 1920's. At least now they have their fucking eyes open; yes Virginia there are actually bad folk over there, just like Romney tried to tell your dumb ass.
Maw! Fire up the karma burner!
Which side am I supposed to be rooting for on in this one?
This might be a belated but amateurish tit for tat.
The problem with failing at covert actions is that they become, ah, not covert, and provide justification for a more conventional response.
"Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race." - H. G. Wells
US main stream media is throwing up another smoke screen around the murder of that journalist to distract us.
They don't. They're really not more gullible than everyone else.
I saw yesterday on Reddit, somebody doing a 'look at the hypocrisy of Republicans' claim. He'd measured them on key issues back in 2016, he measured them on key issues now, and concluded Republicans had massively shifted to the extreme right. Which he called 'hypocrisy'. Suddenly Republicans are all pro-Russian, black-hating, want healthcare taken away, and toddlers prisons at the border, out in the hate extremes of politics.
*But* all that's happened is the *subset* of people who identify as 'Republican' has shifted to the right. The middle ground Republicans have been driven away. In the 2016 sample, he was sampling a mixture of middle ground and extreme Republicans, in the 2018 one, he's sample only among the nazi fringe.
In the individual people, their views only shifted a little.
The Democrats gained some Republicans, so the overall sample views of Democrats shifted a little to the right, and the Republicans lost the middle ground shifting them to the extreme right.
Fox News still does it's attempted manipulations, but the audience wises up, and they have to replace the tainted presenter. That's why they line up new ones, so Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson, is lined up to replace Hannity. Just as Glenn Beck was overshadowed and replaced by Bill O'Reilly.
Fuck the Saudis.
I think this is something that both political extremes in the US can and should agree on.
Republican politicians should be targeting ALL potential voters
Nope. If they do that, they lose in the primaries to someone willing to focus on the base.
If you want moderate government, you should support open non-partisan primaries. Several states already have them, and middle-grounders tend to do well.
Open primaries in the United States
Have the Saudis ever considered not runing production processes on Microsoft Windows directly connected to the Internet.
So we can assume that Students at a government-owned technical research institution located in Moscow, are behind the cyberattack.
Just like students at MIT have done things in the past that they eventually regret.
Until they draw real blood, you don't have a case. "Influence peddling" is a bullshit charge from the weak minded. You present day McCarthyites are no different than the SJWs. You eat from the same trough.
All throughout we have proven to be the aggressors, but we don't seem to have guts to finish the job. The object seems to be to keep the game going. Good for diverting attention away from internal corruption and introspection.
Republican politicians should be targeting ALL potential voters
Nope. If they do that, they lose in the primaries to someone willing to focus on the base.
If you want moderate government, you should support open non-partisan primaries.
There is nothing stopping people from voting in the primary of the opposite party. I do so, since my district will likely be won by my 2nd choice party anyway. Might as well vote in the primary for a candidate who actually has a chance of being elected.
Even those who arrange and design shrubberies are under considerable economic stress at this period in history.
Thank you for admitting this is propaganda.
If I'm reading Russia's intentions right, it *sounds* like they are trying to get the Saudi's to increase oil production to lower the price of a barrel of crude - that sneaky Putin.
imagine a soft, buttery paw gently pressing down onto a sleeping soldier's face. forever.
Or you could switch to preferential voting to make third parties viable, the whole US voting system was designed prior to electronic communications and needs a serious overhaul.
Keep it coming, Boris.
Look back up at my post, now look back down, you're on the Internet. Now look back up. I'm a signature.