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Russian cyber attack threat
[link=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-russia-cyber-coats/us-intel-chief-warns-of-devastating-cyber-threat-to-us-infrastructure-idUSKBN1K32M9]US Intelligence Chief warns of possible Russian cyber-attack on US infrastructure[/link]
The U.S. intelligence chief warned on Friday that the threat was growing for a devastating cyber assault on critical U.S. infrastructure, saying the warning lights are blinking red again nearly two decades after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
Coats warned that the possibility of a crippling cyber attack on our critical infrastructure by a foreign actor is growing.
He likened daily cyber attacks to the alarming activities that U.S. intelligence agencies detected before al Qaeda staged the most devastating extremist attack on the U.S. homeland on Sept. 11, 2001.
The system was blinking red. Here we are nearly two decades later and Im here to say the warning lights are blinking red again, he said.
Coats said the U.S. government has not yet detected the kinds of cyber attacks and intrusions that officials say Russia launched against state election boards and voter data bases before the 2016 election.[/QUOTE]
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They pulled this off in Ukraine before invading. This is an area we don’t pay attention to.. out of date power grid, airports, etc…
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[url=http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/398480-dhs-russian-hackers-got-into-control-rooms-of-us-utilities][b]DHS: Russian hackers got into control rooms of US utilities[/b][/url]
Russian hackers were able to penetrate the control rooms of hundreds of U.S. utilities last year as part of a campaign against power company vendors that could be ongoing, [link=https://www.wsj.com/articles/russian-hackers-reach-u-s-utility-control-rooms-homeland-security-officials-say-1532388110?mod=e2tw&page=1&pos=1]The Wall Street Journal reported[/link] Monday.
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials told the Journal that hackers working for a state-sponsored group known as Dragonfly or Energetic Bear were able to get inside the networks of U.S. utilities to the point that they could have disrupted power service and caused blackouts.
They got to the point where they could have thrown switches said Jonathan Homer, chief of industrial-control-system analysis for DHS.
The department did not disclose which companies were victimized by the hacks, but indicated there were hundreds affected by the breach. Other companies reportedly may still be unaware they were part of the breach because the hackers may have broke in using employee credentials.
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Preparing for future cyber wars
Meanwhile trump still on his knees servicing Putin
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Here’s one really interesting thing out of google this week. They’ve cut account takeovers via phishing schemes to ZERO just by making all their employees plug a physical security key into the computer. 2 factor authentication, plug in the key, enter your credentials. It’s even better than rolling codes because you physically need the key inserted to the device. I’d look at ways to implement that ASAP.
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[link=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/27/us/politics/russian-hackers-electric-grid-elections-.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news]New York Times[/link]: [b]Russian hackers turn attention to US electrical grid[/b]
State-sponsored Russian hackers appear far more interested this year in demonstrating that they can disrupt the American electric utility grid than the midterm elections.
Despite attempts to infiltrate the online accounts of two Senate Democrats up for re-election, intelligence officials said they have seen little activity by Russian military hackers aimed at either major American political figures or state voter registration systems.
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[h1][b]Russia Hacked System Used by U.S. Aid Agency[/b][/h1]
[link=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/28/us/politics/russia-hack-usaid.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage]New York Times[/link]: Hackers linked to Russias main intelligence agency surreptitiously seized an email system used by the State Departments international aid agency to burrow into the computer networks of human rights groups and other organizations of the sort that have been critical of President Vladimir Putin.
Discovery of the breach comes only three weeks before President Biden is scheduled to meet Mr. Putin in Geneva, and at a moment of increased tension between the two nations in part because of a series of increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks emanating from Russia.
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ughh. Our Cyber security is horrible.
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[link=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/01/ransomware-attack-meat-company-russia-491494]White House: Ransomware attack on major meat processing company ‘likely’ from Russia[/link]
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How much $h1t are we going to eat from Putin?
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[h3][link=https://www.reuters.com/technology/exclusive-us-give-ransomware-hacks-similar-priority-terrorism-official-says-2021-06-03/]Exclusive: U.S. DOJ willl treat to give ransomware hacks like terrorism[/link][/h3]
The U.S. Department of Justice is elevating investigations of ransomware attacks to a similar priority as terrorism in the wake of the Colonial Pipeline hack and mounting damage caused by cyber criminals, a senior department official told Reuters.
Internal guidance sent on Thursday to U.S. attorney’s offices across the country said information about ransomware investigations in the field should be centrally coordinated with a recently created task force in Washington.
“It’s a specialized process to ensure we track all ransomware cases regardless of where it may be referred in this country, so you can make the connections between actors and work your way up to disrupt the whole chain,” said John Carlin, principle associate deputy attorney general at the Justice Department.
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[link=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/they-are-hair-fire-biden-admin-mulling-cyber-attacks-against-n1269575]NBC News[/link] reporting that Biden ” contemplating offensive cyber operations against hackers inside Russia”
Although using the military to take action against criminals wouldnt be without precedent, its controversial in legal circles, and any American cyber action against targets in Russia would risk retaliation. But officials say criminal ransomware attacks from abroad, once a nuisance, have become a major source of economic damage, as the disruption of gasoline and meat supplies in recent weeks has illustrated.
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He can always say “Putin time to put an end to this BS and here’s who you are handing over”. Almost certainly these people are attacking Nation States with the Kremlins approval. If he says no or prove it then take out the big stick. ***The big problem is our cyber security is crap and who know’s what they’re in***. IT should be a top priority for securing infrastructure. Some systems should not be connected to open intenet.
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[link=http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~/654260330/0/usatodaycomwashington-topstories~Colonial-Pipeline-CEO-admits-to-paying-ransom-against-FBI-advice-US-fears-more-companies-will-follow/]Colonial Pipeline CEO admits to paying ransom against FBI advice; U.S. fears more companies will follow
[/link]some chatter in congress about either making it illegal to pay ransom or at least to mandate reporting to federal agencies when it happens
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The FBI got some or all of the money back. So it seems like its good to tell the FBI. Also makes me wonder 1) did they hack the hackers 2) did they have an inside source to get the info. The private Bitcoin cert key are pretty much impossible to just hack because theyre so long.
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The FBI got some or all of the money back. So it seems like its good to tell the FBI. Also makes me wonder 1) did they hack the hackers 2) did they have an inside source to get the info. The private Bitcoin cert key are pretty much impossible to just hack because theyre so long.
Yeah …Bitcoin was down like 8% on the news because they’re not supposed to be able to do that.
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[b]Biden Warns Putin to Act Against Ransomware:[/b]
President Biden warned President Vladimir Putin of Russia on Friday that time was running out for him to rein in the ransomware groups striking the United States, telegraphing that this could be Mr. Putins final chance to take action on Russias harboring of cybercriminals before the United States moved to dismantle the threat, the New York Times reports.
In Mr. Bidens starkest warning yet, he conveyed in a phone call to Mr. Putin that the attacks would no longer be treated only as criminal acts, but as national security threats and thus may provoke a far more severe response It is a rationale that has echoes of the legal justification used by the United States and other nations when they cross inside another countrys borders to rout terrorist groups or drug cartels.
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If Biden pulls the trigger I hope we have things in order here. Or they should shut down any foreign internet traffic.
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[link=https://www.cnet.com/science/space/us-military-says-spacex-handily-fought-off-russian-starlink-jamming-attempts/?fbclid=IwAR2QnCHhnQ1kw_9pH9cz3GarCMQs7OgjZPQ0gwoao097WpSCv5Khkr6oS2U]https://www.cnet.com/scie…woao097WpSCv5Khkr6oS2U[/link]
[h1]US Military Says SpaceX Handily Fought Off Russian Starlink Jamming Attempts[/h1]
A leader from the Pentagon confirmed Elon Musk’s earlier claim that SpaceX successfully defended its Starlink satellite broadband internet service against Russian hacking and jamming attacks.
“Starlink had slung a line of code and had fixed it and suddenly that was not effective anymore,” [link=https://www.c4isrnet.com/video/2022/04/20/a-lot-of-learning-going-on-about-the-state-of-russian-electronic-warfare/]Tremper said during the virtual C4ISRNet defense and military conference[/link] Wednesday. “How they did that is kind of eye-watering to me.”
Tremper called Starlink an “interesting case study” and said the military could learn from how the team quickly addressed the problem.
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