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Last week, The Wall Street Journal dropped a bombshell when it reported that Russian government hackers located confidential National Security Agency material improperly stored on an employee's home computer with help from Kaspersky antivirus, which happened to be installed. On Tuesday, The New York Times and The Washington Post provided another shocker: the Russian hackers were caught in the act by spies from Israel, who were burrowed deep inside Kaspersky's corporate network around the time of the theft.
Ars Technica: How Kaspersky AV reportedly was caught helping Russian hackers steal NSA secrets
The New York Times: How Israel Caught Russian Hackers Scouring the World for U.S. Secrets
The Washington Post: Israel hacked Kaspersky, then tipped the NSA that its tools had been breached (archive)
Previously: Kaspersky Lab and Lax Contractor Blamed for Russian Acquisition of NSA Tools
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 14 2017, @01:42AM (4 children)
Republicans have treated Russia like a frenemy for 3 decades. Democrats can't make up their mind, it always pure friend or enemy, with no memory of the past times they have been useful or screwed us over. Remember 2008, when Palin was mocked for pointing out that Russia was a threat. Soon afterward, our secretary of state Hillary posed for photos with the Russian ambassador and a silly plastic reset button. Soon after that: Russia invades Crimea, then the democrats are begging to start World War III and the democrats use Russia as a scapegoat for the emails that Seth Rich leaked.
Here we have Russia being an enemy. They are stealing stuff from the NSA, using an anti-virus scanner to look for TOP SECRET stuff that is improperly stored on the wrong computers.
Note that this story ties in nicely with another: Kaspersky admitted that they were hacked into. Now we know who did it.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday October 14 2017, @01:55AM (2 children)
If Russia is subverting America, it is through Alinsyist elements that they placed and spread decades ago...
...elements that the left have embraced since then, and continue to embrace aggressively to this day.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Saturday October 14 2017, @01:57AM (1 child)
Shit, I'm more drunk than you.
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(Score: 3, Informative) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday October 14 2017, @02:16AM
It is a good day to get drunk...and the day is not yet over.
-- Lt. Worf
(Score: 2) by Bot on Saturday October 14 2017, @03:27AM
> Kaspersky admitted that they were hacked into. Now we know who did it.
Technically you can play chess and say that story is their cover.
I'll throw in two more data points.
1. Secret services is a worldwide network that basically does not care about who rules what. The lower ranks are always working for their nation, to self sacrifice. The higher ranks probably know a bit more about the system being already one.
2. Israel and russia have long standing relationships. Bolsheviks used to rule Russia and their exit was not violent. In fact, Putin was a nobody before getting in charge.
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