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Russia says spyware found in state computer networks
Reuters ^ | July 29th, 2016 | by Lidia Kelly

Posted on 07/30/2016 3:14:34 PM PDT by Mariner

Russia's intelligence service said on Saturday that the computer networks of 20 organizations, including state agencies and defense companies, have been infected with spyware in what it described as a targeted and coordinated attack.

The Federal Security Service, the FSB, said the malware and the way the networks were infected were similar to those used in previous cases of cyber espionage found in Russia and other countries. The agency did not say who it suspected of being behind the attacks.

"Information technology resources of government agencies, scientific and military institutions, defense industry companies and other entities involved in crucial infrastructure have been infected," the FSB said in a statement on its website.

The FSB's announcement follows reports of cyber attacks on the U.S. Democratic National Committee (DNC) and the fundraising committee for Democratic candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: 201607; 2p1607; cybersecurity; cyberwar; cyberwarfare; fsb; fss; internet; malware; russia; spyware
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To: tet68

or just push a button and let the Russian software find the hacks at different addressees, chose your preference hack and go.


21 posted on 07/30/2016 4:39:07 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: rodguy911

It is incredible and appalling that the USA cannot manage highly verifiable, reliable voting processes. Damn the corrupt Democraps and CINOs who blight our fair land!!


22 posted on 07/30/2016 4:42:16 PM PDT by Enchante (Hillary's new campaign slogan: "Guilty as hell, free as a bird!! Laws are for peasants!")
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To: Mariner

Probably just Bill Gates trying to force a Microsoft Windows 10 update.


23 posted on 07/30/2016 4:46:25 PM PDT by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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To: Mariner

When exactly, did we really lose the Cold War?


24 posted on 07/30/2016 4:46:29 PM PDT by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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To: Enchante

Seems the clintons know no other way but buying votes through influence peddling,bribery,intimidation and if that doesn’t work murder is OK.


25 posted on 07/30/2016 4:51:18 PM PDT by rodguy911
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To: All

Here is a clip from the link:
http://www.caucus99percent.com/content/election-fraud-story-gets-worse-irregularities-tied-e-voting-machine-companies-donated

Interestingly, much information has recently come to light about the Clinton candidacy. Notably, the hacker Guccifer 2.0 released documents which he took from the computer network of the Democratic National Committee. Among these files, one tabulated a list of big-money donors to the Clinton Foundation. One fact has gone unreported in the media: Two of the three companies that control the electronic voting market, namely Dominion Voting and H.I.G. Capital (i.e. Hart Intercivic), are in this list of big-money donors.

To examine the possibility that the products linked to these companies had been used to commit electoral fraud, we borrowed the methodology of a paper by Francois Choquette and James Johnson (C&J). Their paper is based on one of the basic principles in the biological and social sciences: As the amount of data increases, the measurement of the average approaches the ‘true’ average. In other words, as more data is added, the average fluctuates less and less. [...]

You see, these same voting irregularities had been shown to occur in the 2008 and 2012 elections in favor of McCain and Romney, respectively, by the researchers, Choquette and Johnson. In 2008 and 2012, McCain and Romney” were “financially interconnected with two of the major electronic voting companies.” Both the companies who donated to the Clinton Foundation share a history of past election controversies and conviction for white collar crimes


26 posted on 07/30/2016 4:54:05 PM PDT by rodguy911
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To: Mariner; Pride in the USA

Trump!

27 posted on 07/30/2016 5:09:39 PM PDT by lonevoice (Life is short. Make fun of it.)
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To: Mariner
Use Windows (any version), visit Porn sites, get malware.

Da!

28 posted on 07/30/2016 5:17:43 PM PDT by FroggyTheGremlim (Make America Great Again!)
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To: PIF

There are several nations whose hackers are on
the Govt payroll. It could be one of many.
Including our own...


29 posted on 07/30/2016 5:27:04 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Mariner

Where is Snowden?


30 posted on 07/30/2016 5:39:51 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: dfwgator

Rust never sleeps.


31 posted on 07/30/2016 7:13:33 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: tet68

“It could be a case of hacking data and an hour later
you want some more...”

Sounds like Chinese then.

Think about it.....!


32 posted on 07/31/2016 10:31:11 AM PDT by jdsteel (Give me freedom, not more government.)
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To: exDemMom

hacked2


33 posted on 08/01/2016 1:54:05 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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