[kictanet] The Perfect Weapon: How Russian Cyberpower Invaded the U.S. - The New York Times

[Alex Watila]

“cyberpower proved the perfect weapon: cheap, hard to see coming, hard to trace.” -  from the article

 

 

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Subject: [kictanet] The Perfect Weapon: How Russian Cyberpower Invaded the U.S. - The New York Times

 

WASHINGTON — When Special Agent Adrian Hawkins of the Federal Bureau of Investigation called the Democratic National Committee in September 2015 to pass along some troubling news about its computer network, he was transferred, naturally, to the help desk.

His message was brief, if alarming. At least one computer system belonging to the D.N.C. had been compromised by hackers federal investigators had named “the Dukes <https://labsblog.f-secure.com/2015/09/17/the-dukes-7-years-of-russian-cyber-espionage/> ,” a cyberespionage team linked to the Russian government.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/13/us/politics/russia-hack-election-dnc.html?emc=edit_ta_20161213 <http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/13/us/politics/russia-hack-election-dnc.html?emc=edit_ta_20161213&nlid=65658228&ref=cta&_r=0> &nlid=65658228&ref=cta&_r=0


If this can happen to Americans how prepared are we? 

 

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