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Posted on 01/03/2017 1:03:20 PM PST by Brad from Tennessee
The suspicious code detected last week on a Vermont utility laptop that prompted fears of a Russian cyberattack was not linked to a Kremlin hacking effort, new evidence suggests.
Instead, the internet activity appears to have been caused by a Burlington Electric Department employee checking his Yahoo email account, The Washington Post reported Tuesday, citing officials close to the investigation.
The employee's activity reportedly set off an alert that his computer had connected to a suspicious IP address associated with the Russian hacking operation Grizzly Steppe, which Burlington Electric said it immediately reported to federal authorities.
But officials now say the traffic associated with the IP address was not necessarily malicious and could be found elsewhere in the country, according to The Post. . .
(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...
Podesta’s now working for Burlington Electric?
#fakehackclaim
The Russkies are coming, the Russlies are coming Paul Revere announced as he sent out warning to the nation via twitter as he traveled around town in his google car taking pictures.
Has anyone noticed the MSM prominently interviewing known malware and hacking experts?
Everything is “hacking” to people who don’t know how to use computers.
The evil Russians needs to be repackaged as the stupid DNC people who are technologically illiterate and were led by Hillary who violated every security law in the book by setting up a private server for US government business in her closet. The FBI used her technical incompetence as an excuse to let her off the hook, which would never hold up in a court of law. Instead, Obama wants to start WW III to cover up their own incompetence. Just like the electrical utility issue, the individual opened the doors, no evil spy ring stuff, just carelessness and a disregard of how bad hacking is on the internet.
LOL!!!!!
Well, it gave the Vermont Company an opportunity to write some antiTrump PR statement.
How many intel agencies agreed it was the Russians?
I want so bad for DJT to turn this around on all these people.
It would be astronomical and the best 2017 present ever right after DJT being elected
The original story is like the MSM being a six year old trying to pin something on his brother.
Yeah. Of course.
Another Democrat fake news example. There will be hundreds more.
I love it when the MSM pretends to understand technology or security.
Like a 3rd grader explaining how Santa operates.
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LOL! So true...
They hire folks to report about subjects they have little or no understanding of. Toss in some bias.... = Fake/Stupid News.
Instead, the internet activity appears to have been caused by a Burlington Electric Department employee checking his Yahoo email account...
Checking Yahoo mail via a mail app or web page where the user initiated the check would not result in a “hack”. So the power company is lying. My bet is the guy navigated to what he thought was a porn site, but it was malware.
Exactly.
Where I used to work , they blocked all personal email accounts. They didn’t want people clicking on evil links in their email and infecting work computers. They set up free wifi that was not connected in any way to the company network, and told people they should use their phones for personal stuff.
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