Russians Hacked The White House

[BGIF]

How Russians hacked the White House - CNN.com

By Evan Perez and Shimon Prokupecz, CNN
Updated 5:55 PM ET, Tue April 7, 2015

Russian hackers behind the damaging cyber intrusion of the State Department in recent months used that perch to penetrate sensitive parts of the White House computer system, according to U.S. officials briefed on the investigation.

Hillary gloating ... If he had the foresight to have his own server this wouldn't have happened.

 

[Irish YJ]

Embarrassing. Just embarrassing.

 

[Circa]

Embarrassing. True. Can you imagine the rest of the worlds feelings for the last 25-35 yrs

 

[Irish YJ]

Embarrassing. True. Can you imagine the rest of the worlds feelings for the last 25-35 yrs

Sure can.

 

[Rizzophil]

Embarrassing. True. Can you imagine the rest of the worlds feelings for the last 25-35 yrs

Can you imagine how much worse the world would be without the US the last 25-35 years?

 

[BGIF]

Embarrassing. Just embarrassing.

Snowden could have saved himself a world of trouble.

 

[Rhode Irish]

Aren't we just assuming everyone is hacking everyone now?

 

[Irish YJ]

Aren't we just assuming everyone is hacking everyone now?

yes, but we're merica damnit

 

[Guest]

Every major corporation, government entity, and military organization in the US has been hacked by the Chinese and probably to a lesser extent Russia. This has been confirmed by many security reports by security firms like Mandiant, the NSA, and the government and military agencies themselves.

I spent the last 3 years getting a Masters in InfoSec and working in security before moving back into consulting. You don't want to know the truth in security because it would scare you. For example, the military has publicly admitted that China has taken every single piece of military technology including nuclear designs and stealth fighters. China has posted pictures of their version of the stealth fighter (not bomber) in which they have a working (it flies) proto-type with several improvements over the US version.

Just assume that China has access to almost everything and can get to just about anything in the US they don't already have. They have hacked the US at every single level with resounding success, as confirmed by my trip to Blackhat in Vegas in 2014.

 

[GoldenToTheGrave]

Can you imagine how much world would be without the US the last 25-35 years?

A number of Central American countries would have been better off....

 

[loomis41973]

A number of Central American countries would have been better off....

How so? and which one's?

 

[phgreek]

Maybe Hillary turns out to be the smart one? Naaa her ass was hacked too, which means the Russians and Chinese have her server stored away for a rainy day...

 

[L-cart ND-ana]

Aren't we just assuming everyone is hacking everyone now?

This is why I refuse to use smart technology and have many arguements with the wife about what business she handles online. Even then I can still get hacked using my debit card at freaking Target and then having my Bank cancel all my cards just a few weeks before Christmas...... stupid Russia!!!!

 

[BGIF]

Maybe Hillary turns out to be the smart one? Naaa her ass was hacked too, which means the Russians and Chinese have her server stored away for a rainy day...

Probably but now we will see a '16 campaign TV spot with a camera slowly panning the White House on a moonlite night. A voice resonants,

When the Chinese hack, who do you want to be responsible, the State Department responsible or my wedding planner?

The GOP will follow up with the same moonlite White House view with an unanswered telephone ringing louder and louder. When the ringing finally stops a voice is heard asking,

It's 3 AM, ... do you know where your server IS?

 

[Bubbles]

Russians Hacked The White House

were they able to find any signs of intelligence?

 

[Irish#1]

White House forget to renew their McAfee subscription?

 

[Irish YJ]

hey putin, he who hacks last hacks best

 

[Bluto]

How so? and which one's?

Honduras, Gutemala and El Salvador were probably the worst. They all had US backed Juntas that engaged in behavior similar to Isis. You've never heard of or read about the death squads, murdering of Catholic clergy and the civil wars that took place in these countries?

Same goes for much of South America and Mexico.

 

[Bogtrotter07]

Funny thread.

paging Grahmbo.

 

[GoIrish41]

Can you imagine how much worse the world would be without the US the last 25-35 years?

Worse for who? We didn't make the world a fundamentally better place -- particularly over the past couple of decades.

 

[IrishLax]

Worse for who? We didn't make the world a fundamentally better place -- particularly over the past couple of decades.

Debatable. Innovations from American corporations (many directly influenced by investment by the Government) have had an almost incalculable positive impact on the world. There are truly too many to list in medicine and technology.

And then you have the abundance of foreign aid provided by both the Government and American organizations.

All of that, IMO, heavily outweighs "harm" the United States has done in the geopolitical realm by orders of magnitude. But that's just my subjective opinion, and not fact. People can weigh the contributions differently.

 

[GoIrish41]

Debatable. Innovations from American corporations (many directly influenced by investment by the Government) have had an almost incalculable positive impact on the world. There are truly too many to list in medicine and technology.

And then you have the abundance of foreign aid provided by both the Government and American organizations.

All of that, IMO, heavily outweighs "harm" the United States has done in the geopolitical realm by orders of magnitude. But that's just my subjective opinion, and not fact. People can weigh the contributions differently.

It's why I asked "better for whom?". New Ipads, and miracle drugs are of little import to people who fleed to refugee camps because their villiage was decimated in a bombing campaign during a war manufactured by the good ole USA. They can't afford to eat regularly, let alone be in a position to take advantage of all these innovations.

 

[Whiskeyjack]

were they able to find any signs of intelligence?

These Russian hackers took control of the SETI Institute years ago and redirected one of its powerful radio antennae at Washington DC for just that reason. The results were disappointing, to say the least.

This recent attack was simply a more direct probe.

 

[IrishLax]

It's why I asked "better for whom?". New Ipads, and miracle drugs are of little import to people who fleed to refugee camps because their villiage was decimated in a bombing campaign during a war manufactured by the good ole USA. They can't afford to eat regularly, let alone be in a position to take advantage of all these innovations.

Right, but even then you've got Americans like Norman Bourlag who came up through the American education system and had a very large chunk of his research funded by the Department of Agriculture and other American foundations. This research has saved millions of lives in impoverished countries. So let's not pretend that American innovation and research hasn't had a huge positive impact on the poor of this world as well.

And that's just one example, and not considering things like foreign aid. The billions spent in relief efforts by the United States in 2004 for the tsunami/earthquake victims in Asia is a rather recent one. The United States military alone sent something like 10,000+ people to provide humanitarian relief to those affected.

Do I feel bad for those negatively affected by misguided actions of the country? Of course. But IMO, the ledger is weighted far more heavily towards "positive" than "negative" if you consider gross utility provided to all the humans on this planet.

 

[BobbyMac]

Debatable. Innovations from American corporations (many directly influenced by investment by the Government) have had an almost incalculable positive impact on the world. There are truly too many to list in medicine and technology.

And then you have the abundance of foreign aid provided by both the Government and American organizations.

All of that, IMO, heavily outweighs "harm" the United States has done in the geopolitical realm by orders of magnitude. But that's just my subjective opinion, and not fact. People can weigh the contributions differently.

No it IS fact Lax.

The United States is the greatest source of good in the history of mankind.

Now... all the haters can break out their conjuction-junctions to serve their functions.

.

 

[GoIrish41]

Right, but even then you've got Americans like Norman Bourlag who came up through the American education system and had a very large chunk of his research funded by the Department of Agriculture and other American foundations. This research has saved millions of lives in impoverished countries. So let's not pretend that American innovation and research hasn't had a huge positive impact on the poor of this world as well.

And that's just one example, and not considering things like foreign aid. The billions spent in relief efforts by the United States in 2004 for the tsunami/earthquake victims in Asia is a rather recent one. The United States military alone sent something like 10,000+ people to provide humanitarian relief to those affected.

Do I feel bad for those negatively affected by misguided actions of the country? Of course. But IMO, the ledger is weighted far more heavily towards "positive" than "negative" if you consider gross utility provided to all the humans on this planet.

Good post Lax. Just imagine if we did all that AND didn't unleash our war machine needlessly and with such frequency. Then, there would be no room to question that we make the world better. While I can consider your points and reach the same conclusions you have, I'm not sure that many across this planet share that perspective.

 

[phgreek]

Right, but even then you've got Americans like Norman Bourlag who came up through the American education system and had a very large chunk of his research funded by the Department of Agriculture and other American foundations. This research has saved millions of lives in impoverished countries. So let's not pretend that American innovation and research hasn't had a huge positive impact on the poor of this world as well.

And that's just one example, and not considering things like foreign aid. The billions spent in relief efforts by the United States in 2004 for the tsunami/earthquake victims in Asia is a rather recent one. The United States military alone sent something like 10,000+ people to provide humanitarian relief to those affected.

Do I feel bad for those negatively affected by misguided actions of the country? Of course. But IMO, the ledger is weighted far more heavily towards "positive" than "negative" if you consider gross utility provided to all the humans on this planet.

This is where I am...

If folks are ultra sensitive to wars and their after affects, I suppose no amount of "good" can overcome the bad...but I think if you use any manner of an objective accounting, the world would be in far, far worse shape w/o the United States....rather you look 15 or 50 years back.

As China Rises, folks will long for the meddlesome Americans...

 

[Whiskeyjack]

 

[Buster Bluth]

Worse for who? We didn't make the world a fundamentally better place -- particularly over the past couple of decades.

I can't agree with this. I can't name a better time to be alive in Europe, Asia, Australia/Oceania, or the Americas than in this Pax Americana. Even in Africa, American aid has been indispensable.

Yeah we've definitely fucked things up in the Middle East and supported a shameful amount of dictators around the world, but I think it'd be tough to argue that American dominance hasn't been a net positive for the world.

 

[Circa]

hey putin, he who hacks last hacks best

Dude has to be one of the creepiest (non-hitler) communist in.. forever.