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Russian government hackers do not appear to have targeted Vermont utility
https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ^ | January 2 at 10:02 PM | By Ellen Nakashima and Juliet Eilperin

Posted on 01/02/2017 9:05:46 PM PST by dila813

As federal officials investigate suspicious Internet activity found last week on a Vermont utility computer, they are finding evidence that the incident is not linked to any Russian government effort to target or hack the utility, according to experts and officials close to the investigation.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: fakebutaccurate; fakenews; hackers; russia; trufers; trutherism
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I have said many times on here, these hackers identified in the White House Press Release don't target anyone, this isn't their MO, They Target everyone and hope for the best.
1 posted on 01/02/2017 9:05:46 PM PST by dila813
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To: dila813

another crap headline.
Post still can’t admit they are wrong in the headline, even when the body of the article admits it.


2 posted on 01/02/2017 9:09:01 PM PST by stylin19a (Hey obamas-it's Ray Charles time - "Hit the Road Jack"...you know the rest)
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To: dila813
There also is no proof of Russians doing anything to the DNC or HilLIARy.

http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/12/did-russia-tamper-with-the-2016-election-bitter-debate-likely-to-rage-on/

3 posted on 01/02/2017 9:09:27 PM PST by ConservativeMind ("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticides, abortion, and euthanasia.")
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To: dila813
John McCain stills says, “We must go to war with Russia!” over this.

McLame is clinically INSANE and Donald Trump is genius!

4 posted on 01/02/2017 9:10:53 PM PST by ConservativeMind ("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticides, abortion, and euthanasia.")
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To: dila813

Jeff Bezos does not appear to beat his wife...but...


5 posted on 01/02/2017 9:11:01 PM PST by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: dila813

Washington Post-New Year’s hangover moment...


6 posted on 01/02/2017 9:11:28 PM PST by a fool in paradise (The COM-Left is saddened by the death of the Communist dictator Fidel Castro. No surprise there.)
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How do we know the Vermont Utility wasn’t trying to “Hack” Russia?


7 posted on 01/02/2017 9:14:07 PM PST by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west))
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To: dila813

WaPo is getting used like the slutty girl at the frat house party by cold war bitter enders and panicky obamites being herded to the exits . . .


8 posted on 01/02/2017 9:15:57 PM PST by JohnBrowdie
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To: dila813

As usual obozo and McShamey want to leave trump with a nuclear war


9 posted on 01/02/2017 9:21:39 PM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: dila813

Well now they may have targeted me back in 2008. We were having a major battle here during the Russian Georgian War. Back then we had real Russians here. Hard Core left overs from the Putin GWB happy period. Now I may have went over board when I called them Mongaloid Vikings, but in retrospect, that is actually a comment. Mongaloid Vikings would be one tough people. Coincidentally that was around the time they started hacking my server in Slovakia. So to my Russian Friends, no hard feelings ! And for the life of me I don’t know why one posted that I was a Viking too. Perhaps they know more about us they even we know lol.


10 posted on 01/02/2017 9:21:50 PM PST by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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The press release identified two hackers on the FBI’s most wanted list.

They are identified as the hackers that did all this hacking.

When I talk about it not being targeted, please read their FBI Profiles.


11 posted on 01/02/2017 9:23:58 PM PST by dila813 (Voting for Trump to Punish Trumpets!)
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An employee at Burlington Electric Department was checking his Yahoo email account Friday and triggered an alert indicating that his computer had connected to a suspicious IP address associated by authorities with the Russian hacking operation that infiltrated the Democratic Party.

Totally bogus bullchit! No one hacked the DNC. Period!

12 posted on 01/02/2017 9:29:15 PM PST by TigersEye (Congratulations, President Donald J. Trump! - Let's MAGA!!!)
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So when did John stop beating his wife?


13 posted on 01/02/2017 9:34:49 PM PST by oldasrocks (rump)
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To: dila813

Yes. Understand that. My circumstance has nothing to do with these recent accusations. But I may know what it is like to be actually targeted by them in cyber space. They don’t stop. They keep coming. But it could have just been happenstance. Shear coincidence. And it was not state sponsored. If the Russian state targets your computer, they will own it.


14 posted on 01/02/2017 9:43:18 PM PST by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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To: dila813

Oh look. The WaPo Back-Pedal.


15 posted on 01/02/2017 9:48:41 PM PST by A_perfect_lady
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I have seen no evidence that he has quit.

And he has not denied it.

16 posted on 01/02/2017 9:52:42 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (Not a Romantic, not a hero worshiper and stop trying to tug my heartstrings. It tickles! (pink bow))
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To: dila813
Powerline blog: Evidence for Russian Involvement In DNC Hack Is Nonexistent

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2017/01/evidence-for-russian-involvement-in-dnc-hack-is-nonexistent.php

But, but, but, it fit the agenda so well!

17 posted on 01/02/2017 11:17:15 PM PST by TChad
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It's also interesting to compare the overreaction to this story to the minimal reaction the previous times the intelligence community has issued warnings about utility hacking over the last several years:

Foreign Governments Have Hacked U.S. Grid, NSA Head Says (11/20/2014)

Hackers from the Chinese, Russian and Iranian governments have gained access to vital U.S. computers and could launch destructive attacks that include shutting down power grids, Representative Mike Rogers, a Michigan Republican and chairman of the intelligence committee, said during the hearing.

NSA chief says 'when, not if' foreign country hacks U.S. infrastructure (03/01/2016)


18 posted on 01/03/2017 12:19:09 AM PST by Fedora
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Poor curmudgeon John McCain and the yellow journalists at the Washington Post...they just can’t win for losing. That’s winning for Americans.


19 posted on 01/03/2017 12:19:52 AM PST by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51. Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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A friend with some LEO background said the malware was a common one linked to porn sites. It is more sign that someone was watching porn from that computer than a Russian hack. Unless the shirtless blond they were viewing was riding a horse and named Vlad!


20 posted on 01/03/2017 1:09:21 AM PST by hoosiermama (;It is time to believe in the future: Time to believe in each other: Time to believe in AMERICA ! DT)
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