Suspected Russian Hackers Used US Networks, Official Says (bloomberg.com) 27
A sprawling cyber-attack that compromised popular software created by Texas-based SolarWinds was executed from within the U.S., a top White House official said, though the government believes Russia was responsible. From a report: The federal investigation of the hack will take several months, Deputy National Security Advisor Anne Neuberger said in a briefing for reporters on Wednesday. "As of today, nine federal agencies and about 100 private-sector companies were compromised," Neuberger said. She didn't identify them and said the government hasn't ruled out the possibility of further victims. She said the government believes it's still at the "beginning stages" of understanding the scope and scale of the attack, which was publicly disclosed in December but was likely executed months earlier. "The hackers launched the hack from inside the United States which further made it difficult for the U.S. government to observe their activity," she said. Neuberger is leading the U.S. response to the SolarWinds attack. The Texas-based company's software is used by several government agencies and Fortune 500 companies.
Is this a long-winded way to say: (Score:3)
They used a VPN?
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No, they just used IPv6.
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Zombie PC's did the dirty work, you don't say. Surprise surprise.
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Because I'm a Zombie Troll.
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divide and conquer eh?
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Even a stopped clock is right twice a day, so yes. Probably.
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Notice how you got marked as troll for pointing out how ridiculous the claims are?
There's certainly moderation here suppressing people calling out bullshit, whilst simultaneously promoting bullshit ;)
Eggs in one basket... (Score:2)
Centralisation creates vulnerability - because you become a high profile target that is worth going for.
We would be far better served if our authorities tried to secure our computing from EVERYONE, even their own surveillance, and not try to create a surveillance ecosphere from computing.
Post Snowden there was an explosion of trying to centralise control on passwords and access - something that didn't seem to be a focus prior. It seems obvious to anyone paying attention that our government agencies have bee
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...people thinking they can prevent whistleblowers getting data out by monitoring and credential control.
another stupid idea, like backdoors for good guys.
but but.. an IP address is absolute proof!! (Score:2)
how many times have we seen the US administration and the media mouthpieces claim certainty because an IP address was in a certain country?
can't have it both ways.
this bullshit narrative plays on IT ignorance of people to make stupid, baseless, proofless, ridiculous claims that should be fact checked before making it into the newscycle.