Posted on 05/18/2022 1:36:35 PM PDT by aimhigh
In context: The Russian invasion of Ukraine has prompted several companies to stop doing business with Russia. Western nations have also hit the superpower with crippling sanctions. Even hackers have jumped into the fray with DDoS attacks on government websites.
A hacktivist group calling itself Obfuscated Dreams of Scheherazade has created a bot that sets up a conference call between multiple government entities, causing each to think the other one made the call. The stated purpose is to waste the government's time and tie up the phone lines. The automated spam calls go on non-stop during Russian operating hours.
On Wednesday, the hacking group set up a website where anybody can initiate and listen in on one of these calls. The website is called Waste Russian Time Today. Users visiting the site can scroll down to the telephone icon, start a call between random Russian agencies, and listen to the chaos as they try to figure out who is calling who and why.
(Excerpt) Read more at techspot.com ...
I guess this was before the ‘Great Vehicle Warranty Onslaught’ began.
Let them kill each other. We need to stay out of it.
And it’s eligible for a free oil change (tracked vehicles excluded).
Almost as good as rigging networked voting machines!
I imagine Russian bureaucrats are no more efficient than U.S. ones. The actual impact is likely minimal.
“Crippling sanctions” = 8 buck a gallon diesel in the US...
But I thought the mighty russkies were supposed to destroy the world with their super-powerful cyberwarriors?
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