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Obama to Putin: Stop Hacking Me

posted by CoolHand on Tuesday August 11 2015, @07:37PM   Printer-friendly
from the cold-war-revisited dept.

"exec" writes:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/04/08/obama-to-putin-stop-hacking-me.html

The U.S. is calling out Russia for a "dramatic rise" in cyber espionage against America. It's part of a veiled threat to the Kremlin: We know what you're doing online. Ever since the U.S. government hit Russia with economic sanctions last year, Russian hackers have started new cyberspying campaigns to steal information from U.S. government agencies and corporations, according to current and former American intelligence officials and cybersecurity experts. Now, American officials are fighting back—by outing the hackers and issuing what some see as veiled threats to Moscow.

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 11 2015, @08:05PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 11 2015, @08:05PM (#221421)

    Ahhhh! The commander in chief of the NSA is upset that another country is hacking his government? How terrible!

    Maybe this will convince our government that on the internet the best defense is a good defense so stop hoarding zero-days and instead focus on improving software security for everyone.

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  • (Score: 2) by tibman on Tuesday August 11 2015, @08:14PM

    by tibman (134) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday August 11 2015, @08:14PM (#221426)

    Seriously. The S doesn't stand for spying.

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    • (Score: 2) by Freeman on Tuesday August 11 2015, @09:01PM

      by Freeman (732) on Tuesday August 11 2015, @09:01PM (#221445) Journal

      True, that's what we have the CIA for.

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      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 12 2015, @01:12AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 12 2015, @01:12AM (#221521)

        > True, that's what we have the CIA for.

        Crying?