US Govt. Hackers Ready to Hit Back If Russia Tries to Disrupt Election

[Onkel Neal]

Man, this is getting real

U.S. military hackers have penetrated Russia's electric grid, telecommunications networks and the Kremlin's command systems, making them vulnerable to attack by secret American cyber weapons should the U.S. deem it necessary, according to a senior intelligence official and top-secret documents reviewed by NBC News.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/...ection-n677936

[eddie]

Its about time we stood up to Putin. Hope we don't have to go that far, but he's playing with fire.

[Buddahaid]

Will creation never stop? It's getting very hard to be a Luddite these days!

[Eichhörnchen]

Looks like we're also preparing for this in the UK:

https://www.theguardian.com/technolo...-cyber-attacks

[em2nought]

Clinton, Obama, and the press would get us in a war with Russia just to cover up their misdeeds.

[STEED]

Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen

Looks like we're also preparing for this in the UK:

Yea goodbye Windows 98 hello Windows 2000.

The budget will not pay for XP just too much money.

[HunterICX]

Like Russia has to do much to disrupt the elections as the voters of both sides do it themselves whenever they meet

[kraznyi_oktjabr]

Originally Posted by STEED

Yea goodbye Windows 98 hello Windows 2000.

The budget will not pay for XP just too much money.

Windows 2000 is such a relic it should have some antique value by now so I'm a bit sceptical your government could "affored" genouine copy. Did you perhaps obtain yours from St. Petersburg black market?

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by Onkel Neal

Man, this is getting real



http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/...ection-n677936

Well, I guess it is a good thing that NBC released this information. Now everyone, promise to to show this to any Russians, OK?

Are we truly in a time when no one can keep a secret?

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by Platapus

Well, I guess it is a good thing that NBC released this information. Now everyone, promise to to show this to any Russians, OK?

Are we truly in a time when no one can keep a secret?

A deterrent is not necessarily a deterrent if no-one knows you have it.

Chances are that it's a big bluff and that US military hackers are playing Battlefield 1 at the moment, but no doubt the Kremlin will be spending the next few days double-checking that there's nothing nasty hidden in its folders.
Hunter makes a good point though, I think the most disruptive thing in the American elections will be Americans.

[Bilge_Rat]

hum, let's see, NBC news has been one of the most biased pro-Clinton news media.

Now NBC news has a so-called "News" story 3 days before the election that Russia might manipulate votes all based on "un-named" sources and "secret" documents....

My money is on the Clinton campaign being behind the story. You have had a slew of "Russia is trying to elect Trump"/"Trump is a Russian stooge/spy" stories that have come out in the past week, all seem to come straight from the Clinton campaign.

Russia has a smaller GNP than italy, its military budget is 10% that of the USA, according to most experts its Army would struggle just to overrun Ukraine. Democrats are blowing it up as an existential threat just to gain a short term electoral advantage. A very short sighted view IMHO.

[Oberon]

Eh, it's not a new game, I've lost count of the amount of times that Russia has been painted as the aggressor and the new threat by political parties, and if it's not Russia then it's China and if it's not China then it's Daesh, and if it's not Daesh then it's Al'Qaeda...

It's been interesting watching Trump throw the Republican stance on Putin in the dustbin though, wonder how many Republicans will swallow their words on Putin if Trump wins and decides to buddy up to him.

[Oberon]

Also, by the way, Russia is not exactly sitting back and calming things down, I mean even their weather forecasts come with advice on the coming nuclear apocalypse:

https://themoscowtimes.com/news/russ...r-strike-55628

[yubba]

Originally Posted by Oberon

Also, by the way, Russia is not exactly sitting back and calming things down, I mean even their weather forecasts come with advice on the coming nuclear apocalypse:

https://themoscowtimes.com/news/russ...r-strike-55628

And while we are being played by a bunch of crooks

[yubba]

Originally Posted by Oberon

Eh, it's not a new game, I've lost count of the amount of times that Russia has been painted as the aggressor and the new threat by political parties, and if it's not Russia then it's China and if it's not China then it's Daesh, and if it's not Daesh then it's Al'Qaeda...

It's been interesting watching Trump throw the Republican stance on Putin in the dustbin though, wonder how many Republicans will swallow their words on Putin if Trump wins and decides to buddy up to him.

The way Hillary let Russia have 20% of our uranium,, and how Obama whispered in the Russian Prime minister's ear,,'' tell Valad I'll would have more flexibility,, I would have thought we were the
best of buds,, I hope they don't send that uranium back atop of a icbm