[kictanet] When state players are complicit in a global tech meltdown

[ken Otieno Ogera]

This one in KIEV is unusual. The trial of suspected killers of a Chechnyan
politician who was to succeed Boris Yelstin in the 90s was scheduled in
court this week. Remember the Chechnyan politician was very anti-Putin. Are
Russians diverting attention? I see geo-political agenda as the catalyst
for these Cyber attacks.

Ken

On 28 June 2017 at 10:05, Ali Hussein via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Listers
>
> The global cyberattacks currently playing out over the last month or so
> with the latest version starting in Ukraine and spreading across the globe
> can be traced to the NSA's activities in either curbing cyber attacks or in
> their efforts to carry out its mandate of protecting America's National
> Security.
>
> This is a classic example of how such activities can go awry in a very bad
> way. It's reminiscent of riding a tiger hoping it will get you somewhere
> very fast while at the same time praying you don't fall off and get turned
> into its lunch..
>
> Computer systems from Ukraine to the United States were struck on Tuesday
> in an international cyberattack that was similar to a recent assault that crippled
> tens of thousands of machines
> <https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/12/world/europe/uk-national-health-service-cyberattack.html>
>  worldwide.
>
> In Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, A.T.M.s stopped working. About 80 miles
> away, workers were forced to manually monitor radiation at the old
> Chernobyl nuclear plant when their computers failed. And tech managers at
> companies around the world — from Maersk, the Danish shipping conglomerate,
> to Merck, the drug giant in the United States — were scrambling to respond.
> Even an Australian factory for the chocolate giant Cadbury was affected.
>
> Read on:-
>
> https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/27/technology/ransomware-
> hackers.html?emc=edit_ta_20170627&nl=top-stories&nlid=
> 65658228&ref=headline
> Regards
>
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