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[WedgeX]

Courtesy The Hill.

A newly discovered hacking campaign linked to one of the groups behind the Democratic National Committee breach targeted government officials, journalists and activists, according to report released Thursday

The attacks used a phishing campaign to steal and subtly alter emails that the attackers, who claim to be a pro-Russian hacking collective calling itself CyberBerkut, later leaked.

Researchers at the University of Toronto's Citizen Lab, which investigates global hacking campaigns against dissidents and journalists, noted that CyberBerkut used websites hosted at the same internet address as other attacks attributed to APT 28, which is believed to be a Russian hacking operation also known as Fancy Bear.

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Citizen Lab found more than 200 total targeted email addresses, including United Nations officials, former U.S. officials from the National Security Council and Department of Defense, high-profile critics of Vladimir Putin, the former Russian prime minister and government officials and politicians from Afghanistan, Armenia, Austria, Cambodia, Egypt, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Peru, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sudan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Vietnam.

More than a fifth of the targets were from the Ukraine.

 

[AuthenticM]

Of course

As always: fuck this shit.

 

[TheCochese]

At some point you think the right would wake up to this and understand what we're dealing with.

 

[Lord Frieza]

At some point you think the right would wake up to this and understand what we're dealing with.

They don't care as long as it helps them.

 

[EdibleKnife]

At some point you think the right would wake up to this and understand what we're dealing with.

The right would allow Satan to rise and reek havoc on earth as long as it would allow them to punish minorities for being minorities

 

[Kart94]

b...b.....b....but SETH RICH, PIZZA!!!

 

[SolarPowered]

At some point you think the right would wake up to this and understand what we're dealing with.

The ultimate fleecing opportunity. There will surely be lots of money to be made if Russian sanctions could be lifted. Why settle for the single largest transfer of wealth from the working and middle classes to the top earners of America when you can also get sweet Russian rubles and stocks?

 

[Pandora012]

At some point you think the right would wake up to this and understand what we're dealing with.

The republicans are in power now. Until they get threatened nothing is going to happen. Though some of the more moderate republicans may speak out.

 

[gaugebozo]

The republicans are in power now. Until they get threatened nothing is going to happen. Though some of the more moderate republicans may speak out.

No such thing. Oh yeah, there are people who say, "This is awful!" But then they vote for it/ignore it anyway.

 

[jmdajr]

They don't care as long as it helps them.

Yup. It's all bullshit.

 

[King Tubby]

At some point you think the right would wake up to this and understand what we're dealing with.

Why would you have to "wake up" when it can all be dismissed as fake news. We all know that the real perpetrator is in fact Seth Rich, who was murdered for his crimes and/or patriotism? ¯\_(&#12484_/¯

In conclusion, I blame Hillary, Obama, and (((George Soros)))

 

[TheCochese]

Yup. It's all bullshit.

That's more my point. As long as they toe the line, their shit won't be made public. It's basically a high-tech protection racket.

It will require a wholesale change in the way the GOP functions, which I don't have high hopes for.

 

[Tawpgun]

Russia just stays winning. Seems like we're all getting played by Putin nowadays.