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Cyberspies Hijacked the Internet Domains of Entire Countries (wired.com)

Posted by msmash on from the growing-tension dept.

Trailrunner7 shares a report: The discovery of a new, sophisticated team of hackers spying on dozens of government targets is never good news. But one team of cyberspies has pulled off that scale of espionage with a rare and troubling trick, exploiting a weak link in the internet's cybersecurity that experts have warned about for years: DNS hijacking, a technique that meddles with the fundamental address book of the internet. Researchers at Cisco's Talos security division on Wednesday revealed that a hacker group it's calling Sea Turtle carried out a broad campaign of espionage via DNS hijacking, hitting 40 different organizations.

In the process, they went so far as to compromise multiple country-code top-level domains -- the suffixes like .co.uk, or .ru, that end a foreign web address -- putting all the traffic of every domain in multiple countries at risk. The hackers' victims include telecoms, internet service providers, and domain registrars responsible for implementing the domain name system. But the majority of the victims and the ultimate targets, Cisco believes, were a collection of mostly governmental organizations including ministries of foreign affairs, intelligence agencies, military targets, and energy-related groups, all based in the Middle East and North Africa. By corrupting the internet's directory system, hackers were able to silently use "man-in-the-middle" attacks to intercept all internet data from email to web traffic sent to those victim organizations.

[...] Cisco Talos said it couldn't determine the nationality of the Sea Turtle hackers, and declined to name the specific targets of their spying operations. But it did provide a list of the countries where victims were located: Albania, Armenia, Cypress, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Syria, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates. Cisco's Craig Williams confirmed that Armenia's .am top-level domain was one 'of the "handful" that were compromised, but wouldn't say which of the other countries' top-level domains were similarly hijacked.

98 comments

  1. I expect this to be rectified... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I expect this to be rectified as soon as IPV6 gains wide acceptance.
    (I can already hear a belgian waffle saying how advanced his country is for adopting ipv6 early and that everyone he knows is on it! Thank you!)

  2. I sold QCOM @ 81.55 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    needless to say it's a party right now

    1. Re: I sold QCOM @ 81.55 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Blah blah blah is all I hear

  3. Saudi Arabia by andydread · · Score: 1

    Notably missing from the list...interesting.

    1. Re:Saudi Arabia by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Those Zionists Israel are missing too... interesting.

      Both the Saudis and Israel are extremely close to the Bush family.

    2. Re:Saudi Arabia by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Who cares about Saudis they're losing to starving fighters in sandals cut off from the world and armed with AKs, drones and ballistic missiles.
      Saudi is a thousand billionaire wimps masquerading as a country. It's nice to see they can't achieve anything. If/when they get the US to attack Iran they won't be able to withstand the retaliation and naval blockades and they'll collapse within a week.

    3. Re:Saudi Arabia by LuniticusTheSane · · Score: 1

      If the span of countries in that area of the globe spans from Armenia to Albania, then the countries that are missing from the list are Saudi Arabia, Israel, Greece, Qatar, and Bahrain.

    4. Re:Saudi Arabia by LuniticusTheSane · · Score: 1

      That was supposed to read Armenia to Albania in the north, and UAE to Libya in the south.

  4. *sigh* by Gravis+Zero · · Score: 2

    If only there was a way to secured DNS lookups. /s -_-

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    Anons need not reply. Questions end with a question mark.
    1. Re:*sigh* by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      That would do nothing. The attack is based on cracking the password used on the web site on the domain registrar to change the authoritative servers and the delegation flags. Once you have access to the "parent" domain and can set the delegation however you please, there can be no defense. The only defense is to not allow your delegations to be changed. Which means securing access to the delegation better. Which means not using the password "password" on the web site of the registrar that controls those delegations.

    2. Re:*sigh* by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Classic slashdot users. Treating security like a binary state.

      Someday I hope some percentage of tech workers outside of dedicated security roles at least try to understand the basics.

    3. Re:*sigh* by rtb61 · · Score: 1

      There is a way to 100% secure DNS (Domain Name Service) lookup, don't use it. If you want a more secure setup, type in the IP address, directly.

      The traffic would have had a distinctive traceable pattern, the only way CISCO could not identifying the attackers was they were told to not identify the hackers. They could not ignore it like it didn't happen because that would make them look but, probably even involved.

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  5. DNSSEC is your friend by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    This is why DNSSEC is needed. If these country specific TLDs were signed properly with DNSSEC, this wouldn't have been a problem(unless the keys get compromised, but thats a different problem).

    1. Re:DNSSEC is your friend by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      DNSSEC is useless. The delegations were changed by access to the delegating regstrar. DNSSEC can just be turned off if you have access to the delegating domain. In fact, this is what was done, multiple times, over the past half-century.

  6. Re:Hackers vs Old Regimes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Don't worry about food, worry about guns and roses.

  7. Jews by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Albania, Armenia, Cypress, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Syria, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates.
    There is not Israel observable in the Cisco's list. So, unlike Cisco Talos, I can determine the nationality of the Sea Turtle hackers...

    1. Re:Jews by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Or Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Egypt, Qatar, Oman, Yemen, Bahrain, or Azerbaijan.

      But that doesn't fit your dishonest cult narrative, does it? When facts like these are pointed out, how can you spread your crooked propaganda?

    2. Re:Jews by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      1) The original poster didn't know that 'Cypress' is not a country. 'Cyprus' is a country.
      2) There are 195 countries in the world. Thus there are 184 countries not in the list. But you think that definitely means Israel is the source??

  8. Things that make you go Hmmmm by 3seas · · Score: 1

    could it be your unaccounted for tax dollar (US) at work via NSA, CIA, Pentagon, etc...

  9. That's impossible by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    These "HACKERS" can do EVERYTHING. At least so would the media have you believe.

  10. Re:Hackers vs Old Regimes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Its called a Quantum Computer. The NSA got it first, so were all screwed ;(

  11. Cypress? by aglider · · Score: 1

    Or rather Cyprus?

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  12. Re:Hackers vs Old Regimes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    Around 2006 to 2009, there were a lot of interesting articles being published about advances made in the Quantum computer field.
    It looked like SSL encryption would be obsolete in a couple of years.
    I saved a bunch of those web pages.

    Today -- its like its all been erased from the internet.
    In its place is a lot of relatively lame crap that makes Quantum hacking look "impossible".

    I never used to "out" myself as a conspiracy theorist -- but then Snowden came along.

  13. Clearly NSA again by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    These are countries that America has always been interested in destabilizing and establishing platforms for espionage and sabotage in. Cisco knows this exactly, but of course they have to be careful about stepping up against their own government.

  14. Cisco "OpenDNS" and DNSSEC by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I wonder why Cisco's opendns.com is so adamant about not adopting DNSSEC. Hmmmm?

    If they cared about security they would enable DNSSEC like Cloudflare already has.

  15. Hardcoded favorite sites in hosts stops this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    See subject: Via APK Hosts File Engine 2.0++ 64-bit for Linux/BSD h t t p : / / a p k . i t - m a t e . c o . u k / A P K H o s t s F i l e E n g i n e F o r L i n u x . z i p

    Yields more security/speed/reliability/anonymity vs. any 1 solution (99% of threats use hostnames vs. IP address most firewalls use) more efficiently/FASTER/NATIVELY 4 less!

    Vs. "Bolt on 'MoAr' illogic-logic" slowing u hosts speed u up 2 ways: Adblocks + Hardcode fav. sites u spend most time @ vs. competition w/ security bugs (DNS/AntiVir) + overheads slowing u (messagepass 'souled-out' to advertisers easily detected & blocked addons + firewall filtering drivers) & their complexity leads to exploit!

    * Hosts protect vs. DNS redirect, being down or dns requestlog tracking + hosts resolve you FASTER too!

    APK

    P.S.=> Protects vs. scripts/trackers (kernelmode faster vs. usermode slower NoScript vs. 3rd party script)/ads/botnets/malware download/malcript/email malpayload

    1. Re: Hardcoded favorite sites in hosts stops this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      No, hardcoded favorite sites are not a viable solution.

      Most sites load content and scripts forany domains. Unless you've hardcover every single one of those, any of them could have been could have been attacked. Your hardcoded hosts won't protect you when you visit any site that's not in your list. You also haven't addressed what happens when a site legitimately updates a domain to point to a different IP. In that case, your hosts file breaks a site that would otherwise function normally.

      You're also free to create an account and submit the Adblock/uBlock vulnerabilities as a story. You have no grounds to whine about Slashdot ignoring a story when you haven't attempted to submit it. If you could point to a story in the firehose that was being ignored, that would be a valid concern. But you haven't provider any evidence that the editors are intentionally ignoring the story. Even if they were choosing to ignore the story, it's far more likely that it's because BeauHD and msmash just aren't that interested in the story because it's beyond their limited technical knowledge. You have no evidence for your conspiracy theory that they won't post the story because you'll use it as an opportunity to spam about hosts.

      That said, I don't agree with the editors deleting your thread about this in another story and again in this story. Your posts are generally of low quality and belong at -1, but I strongly disagree with the editors deleting them. You should be free to post about hosts or whatever you want, and we should be free to moderate it to -1 when your comments are of low quality. If the editors want to.moderate your comments to -1, that's fine. But they shouldn't be deleting your comments for seemingly arbitrary reasons. I don't like you at all, especially after you demanded my name and address and threatened to fracture my skull. However, I will defend that your comments shouldn't be deleted.

      Interestingly, I received a message saying "You are not allowed to use this resource." the first time I tried to post this comment, I'm reply to your previous thread. The editors are quietly deleting posts and probably banning IP addresses from posting for no good reason at all. They haven't commented on their reasons for deleting comments and banning IP addresses, but it's a level of censorship that would NEVER have happened under CmdrTaco.

    2. Re: Hardcoded favorite sites in hosts stops this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Tell us more of your successes playing NCAA D1 lacrosse. You won a national championship and started as a freshman?

    3. Re: Hardcoded favorite sites in hosts stops this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      He was actually their mascot and got flogged with the sticks at each practice and game to get the actual players pumped up.

  16. Odd /. won't report on UBlock/Adblock problems by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Odd /. won't report on UBlock/Adblock problems https://nakedsecurity.sophos.c... https://www.bleepingcomputer.c... eh? Not.

    * "OpenSORES" BLOWS IT AGAIN is why!

    APK

    P.S.=> Ask yourselves that question - ESPECIALLY from BLEEPING COMPUTER (which /. uses to NO END for stories) - WHY did /. AVOID "BIG NEWS"? OH, we KNOW why (see above) - & that cannot happen to hosts files (which is WHY whipslash AVOIDS THE STORY - he knows I'll GLOAT)... apk

  17. OpenDNS = patched vs. redirect poisoning by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    OpenDNS is patched against the kaminsky redirect poisoning flaw https://www.wired.com/2008/08/... "One alternative Kaminsky recommended last month was to use OpenDNS â" which wasn't affected by the vulnerability."

    APK

    P.S.=> Which IS how I know that my program gets CORRECT IP address to hostname resolution per my original post here (& why I definitely can't get BOGUS data that way from OpenDNS) https://it.slashdot.org/commen... ... apk

  18. APK's comments about hosts got deleted by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I had typed out a response to that thread, only to get a error that the parent comment wasn't found. Slashdot deleted his comment while I was replying. It was a low quality comment but the original post in the thread about hardcoded DNS was on-topic. Interesting that the hosts comment got deleted, but the antisemitic diatribes are still here. What the fuck is wrong with Slashdot?

    Interestingly, I received a message saying "You are not allowed to use this resource." the first time I tried to reply to APK's thread. The editors are quietly deleting posts and probably banning IP addresses from posting for no good reason at all. They haven't commented on their reasons for deleting comments and banning IP addresses, but it's a level of censorship that would NEVER have happened under CmdrTaco.

    I don't like APK at all. In fact, he demanded I tell him my name and address so he could fracture my skull. Yes, he made that specific threat toward me. However, Slashdot should not be deleting his comments, especially when they're on-topic. Moderate them to -1 if appropriate, but the censorship is asinine and unhelpful.

    1. Re:APK's comments about hosts got deleted by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Maybe you unidentifiable anonymous JEWS should just stop harassing APK. No denying it. We all see you do it. You keep losing.

    2. Re:APK's comments about hosts got deleted by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      "We"? You are only one person, APK.

    3. Re:APK's comments about hosts got deleted by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Many lazy thieving JEWS harassAPK and can't seem to come up w/ SHUL lies to beat this https://it.slashdot.org/commen...

    4. Re:APK's comments about hosts got deleted by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      If you want people to stop bothering you, maybe you should stop being an antisemitic homophobe that spams slashdot all day while you refer to yourself in the third person.

    5. Re: APK's comments about hosts got deleted by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      apk is gayer then Richard Simmons

    6. Re:APK's comments about hosts got deleted by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Shut the fuck up you racist SATANIC fucking filthy JEW https://it.slashdot.org/commen... NOBODY WANTS YOU AROUND! Your history proves it.

    7. Re:APK's comments about hosts got deleted by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Take your meds, APK.

    8. Re: APK's comments about hosts got deleted by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      APK could be worse. He could be a FILTHY FUCKING THIEVING DEVIL-WORSHIPPING JEW https://it.slashdot.org/commen... like Simmons!

    9. Re:APK's comments about hosts got deleted by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      How original (not): STRAIGHT FROM "SHUL" (stale jews). Too bad all your SHUL bs can't prove this wrong (especially the opening) https://it.slashdot.org/commen...

    10. Re:APK's comments about hosts got deleted by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      k.

    11. Re: APK's comments about hosts got deleted by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Richard Simmons is Catholic.

  19. Fuck Off APK by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Fuck Off APK

  20. LOL! You INSTANTLY LOSE & why... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    See subject: Hosts BLOCK 3rd party scripts too & FASTER than NoScript does (@ kernelmode level & all calls boil down to sys/sockets.h stupid) BEFORE usermode SLOWER NoScript even gets a chance to operate.

    * ADVERTISERS DON'T TRUST WEBMASTERS which is WHY the scripts ARE 3rd party idiot.

    APK

    P.S.=> Give me a BREAK you STUPID little goof - you're TOO EASY to BLOW AWAY w/ facts dumbo, lol... apk

    1. Re: LOL! You INSTANTLY LOSE & why... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Try to keep up. I know it's hard for you.

      Some of the content may be hosted on subdomains that might not have been included in your hardcodes. And some of the content from other domains can be essential to the functionality of the site you're visiting. That's true even of Slashdot, where a.fsdn.com is essential to the functionality of the comment system. But you might well only have slashdot.org in your hardcodes instead of all the subdomains (e.g., yro.slashdot.org,.it.slashdot.org, etc...) and the a.fsdn.com domain containing scripts needed for the comment system to work properly.

  21. Jeopardy time.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I'll take countries trying to re-expand their territory having already taken half of the Ukraine, meddled in Turkey and Syria who appear to be going after the east end of the Mediterranean, control of the Suez Canal, and encircling Western-allied middle eastern countries with oil supplies, for 10 please Alex.

  22. JEW SHUL OUTSMARTED BY FACT? Yes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    JEW SHUL OUTSMARTED BY FACT? Yes https://it.slashdot.org/commen...

  23. Try to keep up, APK by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Yes, you are APK. Although your comments are of very low quality, including the one I'm replying to, I'm saying Slashdot shouldn't be deleting those comments. I obviously have a strong disdain for you, but I'm defending you on this particular issue because I support free speech. In fact, my opinions might carry more weight on this matter because I'm hostile toward you while simultaneously supporting you on this one issue. Unfortunately, you just can't help yourself, and have chosen to pollute this thread with antisemitic bullshit.

    1. Re:Try to keep up, APK by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Nothing is LOWER than RACIST jew scumbags. What's wrong? All SHUL can't beat FACT about you https://it.slashdot.org/commen... ? Kicked out of everywhere?? Explain that.

  24. Re:Notice JEWS delete this: No SHUL lies counter i by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    u mad bro?

  25. Aw! Programmatic FACT beat you again? apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Aw! Programmatic FACT beat you again? STUPID, I block 3rd party trackers IN HOSTS dummy & advertisers don't trust webmasters.

    * LMAO - keep up? You DUMB bitch - you're too DUMB to get to me OR get the BETTER of me (check any IP related call - they DO boildown to sys/sockets.h (kernelmode where HOSTS is as part of the IP stack no less for BEST SPEED/most cpu priority).'

    DUMBO, obviously, you're a WEBDOUCHE (wannabe coder, lol) & minus GUYS LIKE ME that build what you WANNABES code on? You're lost - YOU PROVED THAT MUCH ALREADY stupid.

    APK

    P.S.=> Face facts: You're way, Way, WAY TOO STUPID to get the best of me - ever! I hardcode a.fsdn.com dumbo (so I get it faster along w/ EVERY /. domain/subdomain, especially images.slashdot.org too)... apk

    1. Re:Aw! Programmatic FACT beat you again? apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      What is your IQ, APK? It must be at least 1000!

    2. Re: Aw! Programmatic FACT beat you again? apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Hardcode imgay.gaypk.fag motherfucker!!!!!

    3. Re: Aw! Programmatic FACT beat you again? apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Webdummy: That's the best you got? APK dusted your dumbo ass here https://it.slashdot.org/commen... and here https://it.slashdot.org/commen...

  26. Re:Notice JEWS delete this: No SHUL lies counter i by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    No you project you're mad. JEWS from SHUL can't beat fact https://it.slashdot.org/commen... Why are jews kicked from everywhere? Explain that.

  27. MORE than adequate to take out "webdummies" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    See subject: It makes me LMAO when the "wannabes of code" (webdouches) try "take me on" only to go "SPLAT" after I swat them!

    * Anyhow/anyways: Per tests I've taken, for whatever THEY are worth that is? Between 135-140 iiirc...

    APK

    P.S.=> THIS is NOT about "IQ" - it's about EXPERIENCE on levels the WEBDUMBOS (lol) don't have & it SHOWS https://it.slashdot.org/commen... & here too even more (lol) https://it.slashdot.org/commen... after I dispatch these FUCKING stupid UNIDENTIFIABLE anonymous BULLSHITTERS (who are, obviously? WEBDUMMIES, lol)... apk

    1. Re:MORE than adequate to take out "webdummies" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      lulz

  28. Morally Bankrupt NSA Contractors by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    ..on lease to Israel or Saudi Arabia.

    #freedumbs

  29. Re:Notice JEWS delete this: No SHUL lies counter i by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Oy vey!Jew collective SHUL crap lies defeated publicly by fact. Hahahahahahahahahaha!

  30. Twisting things I say? You LOSE publicly... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    See subject: I didn't play D1 - never said I did (but I did score on what became the decades long national D1 champ in Syracuse University (where an OLD PAL whom I respected the HELL out of for good reason, Todd Curry told me "NICE SHOT, AL!" (which it was)).

    I was D3 (later D2 upgraded who WON THAT NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP @ that level & plays SU to THIS DAY to a standstilll - you have to understand something: I WAS BLESSED my entire LIFE being surrounded by GREATNESS - really great people academically & yes, ATHLETICALLY (Hi Todd Curry & Tom Korrie (who taught me to string 'corner pockets' for MY teams)).

    I did start as a freshman & was iirc, 2nd or 3rd leading scorer that year (I should have been 1st, my 'bad', imo (we had a GOOD solid 1st string, not much depth)).

    I loved the game & miss it but MORE IMPORTANTLY? Being SURROUNDED by greatness - it INSPIRES you to be better & per Ted Williams (a TRUE great in another sport)?

    WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO MAKE SOMETHING BETTER IF YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN! & I'm trying in vain it seems to BETTER the "webdummies" around /. (see below, lol).

    APK

    P.S.=> That's LONG in the past though (LeMoyne OWES ME 9 points off that 1st year too per Kevin McNeill who handles it) BUT it's SOMETHING that FLIMSY 1 dimensional LIMITED WHIMPS like YOU will NEVER, ever do (you're too weak & DUMB lol https://it.slashdot.org/commen... which that link & THIS https://it.slashdot.org/commen... prove lol)... apk

  31. Limited 1 dimensional WHIMP, please by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Limited 1 dimensional WHIMP, please https://it.slashdot.org/commen... & I am part of a LeMoyne Lacrosse FACT (record) - we've NEVER been "shutout" (& I stopped THAT vs. both the GREAT SU, whom I grew up w/ their standouts as pals/competitors athletically no less - inspiring people UNLIKE A LOSER LIKE YOU stalking me by UNIDENTIFIABLE anonymous like the FLIMSY WORM you are, lol)).

    Both vs. RIT (great team 'tigers' & VERY IMPORTANTLY, in front of Kris Heuring their ALL-TIME soccer leading scorer for women (what a BEAUTIFUL & SMART gal I blew it w/ in highschool)) & SU too.

    APK

    P.S.=> It was a REAL PLEASURE "smoking" PUNKS like YOU here https://it.slashdot.org/commen... & here too by the way (lmao) https://it.slashdot.org/commen... showing the PLANET how FUCKING WEAK & "wannabe" you DILDOS truly are, lol... apk

  32. Re: Twisting things I say? You LOSE publicly... ap by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Thank you for replying and providing me with a wealth of information.

    As you know, the NCAA publishes a lot of information online, including past scores, stats, and records. Unfortunately for you, I didn't find a shred of evidence that you actually played for LeMoyne or, for that matter, any other school. Yes, Todd Curry really did play for Syracuse. However, I see no evidence that you ever played against Syracuse or, for that matter, that you ever played NCAA lacrosse at all. I looked through the records of D1, D2, and D3, but came away empty.

  33. Re: Twisting things I say? You LOSE publicly... a by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Mostly he just shoved the lacrosse sticks up his ass, and is confusing that with the actual sport.

  34. Re: Hackers vs Old Regimes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    "relatively lame crap that makes Quantum hacking look "impossible" "

    Lame nonsense is right. A quantum computer can't crack a seed that has a length of 270000 bits. The permutations are 30000 decimal digits. That's just for starters. The size of the seed can be multiplied many times.

    Then the message can be scrambled many, many times to make it undecipherable.

  35. YOU don't know how/where to look... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    See subject: & do you REALLY THINK I'd lie publicly? No way. That's for CHUMPS & LOSERS, not for me.

    * Tell you what - Write Kristen Heuring about when I scored on RIT - she'll tell you & do me a FAVOR: Tell her I blew it w/ her, she'll understand.

    APK

    P.S.=> I've had to DEAL with 1 dimensional "goal post movers" like YOU before, ages ago on /. & here is where I SMOKED THEM (probably you loser) on THAT VERY ACCOUNT https://slashdot.org/comments.... dumbo - lol, MOVE GOALPOSTS all you LIKE, flimsy 1 dimensional WHIMP? I STILL SCORE (blowing YOU & "your kind", weezils behind UNIDENTIFIABLE anonymous, away)... apk

    1. Re: YOU don't know how/where to look... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      get back to sucking trucker dick, they will be very excited by the fact a college athlete is skinning their knob

    2. Re: YOU don't know how/where to look... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I'm not going to contact a random person I've never heard of to relay a message on your behalf. That's just weird and creepy.

      I can't say for certain if you played college lacrosse or not. The players you mentioned at Syracuse really did play there. However, I didn't find any mention if you in the NCAA archives or any articles from that era. You do make specific claims, but I cannot corroborate any of them with reasonable measures. No, I'm not going to contact an old girlfriend of yours from decades ago and relay a message for you.

      Maybe you played, but there isn't any corroborating evidence I can obtain with reasonable measures. I'll leave it at that.

      I will say that if you were as talented of an attackman as you say, I doubt a competent coach would have moved you to a different position. Even so, good players sacrifice individual success for the good of the team. Lots of players switch positions to help their teams win. Babe Ruth was an excellent pitcher. He led the AL in ERA in 1916, ahead of even Walter Johnson. He moved to the outfield and had unprecedented success in the history of baseball (206 career OPS+, far ahead of anyone else). Cal Ripken Jr. moved between shortstop and third base. Craig Biggio, a hall of fame with over 3000 hits played catcher, second base, and center field. Even Alex Rodriguez, with a reputation for being selfish, moved from shortstop to third base when the Yankees acquired him, so Derek Jeter could stay at shortstop. It tells me a lot about you that you couldn't handle a transition from attackman to midfielder. I don't know a whole lot about lacrosse, but I do know you sound like a very selfish player. If you were as good as you say you were, I doubt your coach would have even asked you to move to another position.

      I can't imagine Marcus Allen would have whined if the Raiders asked him to block more and give up a few carries and some rushing yards if it helped the team win.

      Maybe you played college lacrosse, though I don't have corroborating evidence. I can say that I'd want players who care more about winning than individual stats. You would not belong on such a team.

  36. LOL! Know what I find INTERESTING? This... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    LOL! Know what I find INTERESTING? This https://slashdot.org/comments.... shutting your ass down & MORE IMPORTANTLY, the FACT that 'weezils' like YOU try to 'attack me' (great attackman here year 1 in the NCAA but moved to midFUCKINGfield which I hated lol after) only to FAIL!

    * It really DOES bother you that you are a LIMITED 1 dimensional whimp - the KIND I BLOW AWAY w/ ease per https://it.slashdot.org/commen... & https://it.slashdot.org/commen...

    APK

    P.S.=> See, I've got "your number down" - you HATE guys like ME that CRUSH wannabes (like you, lol) & you keep PROVING it STALKING me by UNIDENTIFIABLE anonymous (You'll always be NOBODIES & it is YOUR FAULT, lazy losers)... apk

  37. Re: Hackers vs Old Regimes by Type44Q · · Score: 1

    Today -- its like its all been erased from the internet. In its place is a lot of relatively lame crap that makes Quantum hacking look "impossible".

    Conclusion: the available of actual "quantum code-breaking tech" will not be televised.

  38. Know who Neil Olshey is? apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Know who Neil Olshey is? Write him & ask how my "behind the back" (rare in "them thar days" & I learned it from the Canuck national ALL STARS I played in highschool too no less) assist to him (after I scored a goal vs. University of Buffalo) was... lol).

    * Hi Neil it's me "NUCLEAR MISSILE PILOT" (Pete Marino our defenseman will recall that lol)...

    He & others (see below) can EASILY substantiate my statements as fact...

    APK

    P.S.=> OH, I'd NEVER have though that MY "halcyon days of yore" would be USED TO DESTROY weezils like you (be prepared to see how IMPORTANT & POWERFUL my former teammates have become - Bob Bilotti is another too (highschool INTO LeMoyne no less))... ak

    1. Re:Know who Neil Olshey is? apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I contacted both Kristen Heuring and Neil Olshey. They have never heard of you and have no idea what you are talking about.

  39. Hilarious by JustAnotherOldGuy · · Score: 1

    "In the process, they went so far as to compromise multiple country-code top-level domains -- the suffixes like .co.uk, or .ru"

    Okay, I gotta admit- I find this hilarious but I'm disappointed that the hackers didn't have some real fun with this, like redirecting ALL the traffic for a country to a site full of cat pictures, a RickRoll site, or maybe to the internet's last page.

    --
    Just cruising through this digital world at 33 1/3 rpm...
  40. 3 guesses - Iran, Russia, USA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    And I'm betting that the USA wouldn't get caught.

    1. Re:3 guesses - Iran, Russia, USA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      JUDEN https://it.slashdot.org/commen...

  41. Re:Notice JEWS delete this: No SHUL lies counter i by Swave+An+deBwoner · · Score: 1

    So. "vi" or "emacs"?

  42. espionage with a rare and troubling trick, by grep+-v+'.*'+* · · Score: 1

    Wow! What nerve! What gall! What insight! So can like I use this as ... I meant THEY. Could THEY use this article to help perhaps get a raise and better equipment?

    I mean the stuff we've got now is just ... the stuff THEY'RE using now is just pitiful. THEY. It's them. Way over there. Really.

    --
    If the universe is someone's simulation -- does that mean the stars are just stuck pixels?
  43. You are a liar... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    You are a liar and that makes you an even worse form of 'troll' loser.

    APK

    1. Re:You are a liar... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Go ahead and contact them yourself if you don't believe me. They aren't hard to track down. I'm not the one making absurd claims online.

  44. Real Article Link - Cisco Talos Blog by nullchar · · Score: 1

    The Wired article is terrible - the author didn't understand the Talos blog.

    https://blog.talosintelligence...

    The Talso blog post is opaque: they present no evidence that root servers for top level domains, such as .AM were compromised. They say it was possible, but a registrar != a registry, nor does that mean they masqueraded as the tech contact listed at IANA. IANA would have the history of any changes.

    Notably, the threat actors were able to gain access to registrars that manage ccTLDs for Amnic, which is listed as the technical contact on IANA for the ccTLD .am. Obtaining access to this ccTLD registrars would have allowed attackers to hijack any domain that used those ccTLDs.

    Perhaps you can explore the history here:
    https://tldmon.dns-oarc.net/na...

  45. EAT YOUR WORDS WEEZIL... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    "Maybe you played, but there isn't any corroborating evidence I can obtain with reasonable measures. I'll leave it at that." - by UNIDENTIFIABLE Anonymous Coward STALKER on Thursday April 18, 2019 @05:04PM (#58456558

    I leave you EATING YOUR WORDS you unidentifiable anonymous stalker lunatic http://lemoynedolphins.com/spo... LETTER K 1985 = Alex Kowalski i.e. ME (they also owe me 1984 too per my other replies w/ Kevin McNeill in it)

    * I not only PLAYED & STARTED in 84 but I also LETTERED in 84/85 too (which means I wasn't a "benchwarmer" but then a LIMITED GEEK LIKE YOU 1 DIMENSIONAL NOBODY would NOT know that...)

    APK

    P.S.=> You're an imbecile & a mental whacko... apk

    1. Re: EAT YOUR WORDS WEEZIL... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      To be bad for you, that's not you. You are Andrew, not Alex. Sad faggot lying again.

    2. Re: EAT YOUR WORDS WEEZIL... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      No, you are wrong. His name is Alexander Peter Kowalski and it is in his software he writes as well. He is right. You are a pitiful sob he called you.

  46. Yes you made absurd claims & eat your words by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Yes you made absurd claims & eat your words https://it.slashdot.org/commen... - enjoy the bitter taste of SELF-defeat (as you STALK me by UNIDENTIFIABLE anonymous NOBODY you are, loser).

    APK

    P.S.=> You are a PITIFUL sob... apk

    1. Re:Yes you made absurd claims & eat your words by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      That's not my post. And replying to you is not stalking you.

      Try again.

    2. Re:Yes you made absurd claims & eat your words by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      You'd say that after https://it.slashdot.org/commen... where you got shot down. You did it to yourself. Hope you enjoyed the fine flavor of eating your words.

    3. Re:Yes you made absurd claims & eat your words by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Again, not my post. If you are as intelligent as you claim, you'd realize all ACs are not the same person.

      I don't care if you played lacrosse or not. I never said you didn't. Only that the people you are name dropping have no idea who you are. So either you're lying, or you were so insignificant they forgot about you.

  47. I never said I'm "intellgent" but you did by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I never said I'm "intellgent" but you did & by the same token of the ILLOGIC LOGIC you attempt? I can literally say you're the same AC.

    PERIOD.

    APK

    P.S.=> I see the SAME stalker of me, UNIDENTFIABLE anonymous on BOTH posts so, there you go - evidence is DEFINITELY not in YOUR favor but it IS, mine via FACT (visible undeniable fact)... apk

    1. Re:I never said I'm "intellgent" but you did by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I guess you aren't intelligent since you can't even spell it.

      The only FACT is that you are a complete moron. You have zero proof we are the same person, because...we're not. It's hilarious how you think there is only ever one AC replying to you, while you simultaneously post AC pretending to be multiple people. It's the definition of irony, and you continue to make a complete fool of yourself.

    2. Re:I never said I'm "intellgent" but you did by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Only moron anyone sees is you caught in lies about APK https://it.slashdot.org/commen... and spelling nazi too projecting what you do as you stalk apk by unidentifiable anonymous yet told him repeatedly to use a registered account on slashdot and you don't yourself, hypocrite?

    3. Re:I never said I'm "intellgent" but you did by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Thanks for proving my point, APK. Take your meds.

    4. Re:I never said I'm "intellgent" but you did by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Take your meds you project you need to take. Is there meds for your habitual lies APK caught you in here https://it.slashdot.org/commen... I wonder?

    5. Re:I never said I'm "intellgent" but you did by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      NO U

  48. Re: Notice JEWS delete this: No SHUL lies counter by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Take your meds.