from the all-the-news-that's-fit-to-print^W-steal dept.
Russians are already being blamed for a newly revealed cyberattack on The New York Times and other U.S. media outlets:
The FBI and other U.S. security agencies are investigating cyber breaches targeting reporters at The New York Times and other U.S. news organizations that are thought to have been carried out by hackers working for Russian intelligence, CNN reported on Tuesday, citing unnamed U.S. officials. "Investigators so far believe that Russian intelligence is likely behind the attacks and that Russian hackers are targeting news organizations as part of a broader series of hacks that also have focused on Democratic Party organizations, the officials said," CNN said.
[...] The intrusions were detected in recent months, according to CNN. Citing the U.S. officials, it said the Times had hired private security investigators to work with national security officials in assessing the breach.
Also at CNN, Politico, and The Hill.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 24 2016, @08:47AM
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(Score: 2) by Rosco P. Coltrane on Wednesday August 24 2016, @08:58AM
The government doesn't want its mouthpieces tempered with.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Hyperturtle on Wednesday August 24 2016, @03:07PM
They probably added to their existing infections by reviewing the wikileaks email dumps. Knowing what a news organization hopes to publish is valuable to many people.
And if someone exercised the remote stroke of an editorial pen, this can alter the message subtly--but subtly enough to cause changes or influence.
If you can't write the propaganda yourself, then influence the message, and if you can't influence it, at least find out what will be said ahead of time so you can have your responses prepared accordingly.
(Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 24 2016, @09:58AM
According to anonymous sources and based on evidence we aren't showing you, those evil Russians whom we hate all of a sudden (ever since Wikileaks released the DNC emails) are at it again. We asked the FBI, who said 'no comment' and the Secret Service who said 'no comment'. The Russians said they didn't do it, but they're evil. The End.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 24 2016, @11:28AM
All very reasonable to me .. anonymous sources ... they dont want to become targets of the Russkies too .. evidence we're not showing you .. ofc not .. it MAY be used in a court of law .. evil Russians ( they always been ) are at it again .. again totally normal , it's leaders want to destroy the USA , the FBI , ofc , won't comment , when they do it's to lie and never tell the truth .. better keep quiet in those conditions , Secret service .. well .. it's a secret organisation so they wont comment and for the Russians .. . well , they can say what they want but they ARE evil .. All considered it's a FINE PIECE OF JOURNALISM :)
I don't know what can possibly be seen as unreasonable or not totally above the board .. this is responsible journalism at it's finest.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 24 2016, @11:39AM
I've been hating the Russians since the Crimean annexation...my bad.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 24 2016, @11:28PM
As long as they stay out of the Ukraine, Trump's OK with it.
(Score: 4, Funny) by Geezer on Wednesday August 24 2016, @11:13AM
or in doubt
run in circles,
scream and shout,
"Russians! Russians!"
(Score: 2) by PizzaRollPlinkett on Wednesday August 24 2016, @03:54PM
I know it's August, and there's no news, but, really, who hasn't been targeted by hackers? Can we find a single organization which hasn't been targeted by hackers? That would be man-bites-dog news. Someone motivated enough could generate an endless number of filler articles by saying some organization was targeted by hackers, talking to anonymous sources, and blaming China. I mean, Russia. We blamed China a couple of years ago. Now we blame Russia.
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(Score: 2) by dyingtolive on Wednesday August 24 2016, @05:07PM
I've been "targeted by hackers" and I'm not an organization to speak of.
Open up port 22 on your router and you can be too. Also, your logs can be used to construct rainbow tables! :)
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 24 2016, @06:54PM
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 24 2016, @05:27PM
No point in the Russians digging into Republican Party servers, Trump already gave Putin full access...(grin).
(Score: 3, Touché) by dingus on Wednesday August 24 2016, @05:25PM
They can just say "there was a hack? RUSSIANS." And then people repeat that like it's an incontriverable fact.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Wednesday August 24 2016, @05:55PM
I don't think you'll be surprised to hear that some are connecting this to supposed Russian motives for the DNC hack/emails as well, since NYT is a liberal news outlet.
Example [washingtonpost.com]
[SIG] 10/28/2017: Soylent Upgrade v14 [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 24 2016, @05:57PM
Hey, I thought their firewalls blocked you guys from accessing these Western web sites.
(Score: 2) by dingus on Wednesday August 24 2016, @06:11PM
a) the "Great Firewall" is in China, and it probably doesn't even block soylentnews
b) I'm not Russian.
(Score: 2) by Yog-Yogguth on Thursday August 25 2016, @09:13AM
It's worse than that; the CNN made up the story about the NYT being hacked!
At least the NYT claims their Russian NYT servers were only DDOSed and not hacked according to RT (RT phoned the NYT to ask them about it [rt.com]).
They obviously don't believe anything the CNN says —good for them! :D
So it's a made up culprit (Russia) for a made up hack (NYT), i.e. CNN at its "best"/usual.
Meanwhile Fox News interviews Julian Assange at an "undisclosed location" (short clip) [thegatewaypundit.com]... wtf? Like he isn't trapped in the Ecuadorian embassy in London? Oh well at least they asked him a few questions and stuff :)
In other news I see Bernie "fake opposition" Sanders is trying to do something again (couldn't even care enough about that shit to read beyond the headlines). Why the fucking hell would anyone deem that person anything but a traitor after sucking up to Hillary? If people can't get the idea that trust is dead maybe they could at least get the idea that people who sold them out shouldn't be trusted but even that seems a hard sell at times.
Bernie's function is to divert and waste the time and resources of people who know Hillary is shit.
Some speculative questions:
What happens if Hillary dies before the election? Natural or otherwise.
What happens if Hillary dies soon after "winning" the election? Natural or otherwise. Do people accept the normal succession to the VP?
What happens if Hillary is elected but is physically and/or mentally unable to function as POTUS in any way at all? Again; do people accept the VP? Hell, do people demand the VP?
Is any of that what the "Democrats" or whoever it is who decides to push all this are actually betting on, that it will sail through to at least four more years of "control"? Was the nomination BS all about getting the appropriate puppet VP?
Should Jill Stein, Gary Johnson, and Donald Trump be running against Kaine [wikipedia.org] rather than Hillary?
Kaine seems to be as "establishment" as the rest who are in power (including "Bernie the traitor") so what if anything would change if he became POTUS? Just another puppet right?
Who tells the polls they're voting Hillary? Assuming they actually exist then who are these people? The Dem Hillary nomination speech was desolate (video [thegatewaypundit.com]), her events are desolate, her itinerary is desolate, support for her seems pretty sparse except from Hollywood and MSM.
Why are the numbers for Jill Stein so low? Where did the people Bernie betrayed go? I continue to refuse to believe that it is theoretically possible for Hillary to have more than 30% of the votes, Practically? Not even 20% from people who not only pay no attention but who live in bubbles where no-one else does either.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 24 2016, @06:00PM
If he can't keep up on the spending front, and he's behind in the polls, I suppose you can't blame him for turning to his most ardent supporters for help.