Posted on 12/19/2020 8:45:35 AM PST by Mariner
A devastating cyberattack on US government agencies has also hit targets worldwide, with the list of victims still growing, according to researchers, heightening fears over computer security and espionage.
Microsoft said late Thursday that it had notified more than 40 customers hit by the malware, which security experts say came from hackers linked to the Russian government and which could allow attackers unfettered network access.
"While roughly 80 percent of these customers are located in the United States, this work so far has also identified victims in seven additional countries," Microsoft president Brad Smith said in a blog post.
Smith said the victims were also found in Belgium, Britain, Canada, Israel, Mexico, Spain and the United Arab Emirates.
"It’s certain that the number and location of victims will keep growing," Smith said, echoing concerns voiced this week by US officials on the serious threat from the attack.
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They have us by the short hairs, and there's little to nothing we can do.
Everyone in the US government with a role in Cybersecurity is guilty of a massive crime of negligence. All of them.
RUSSIANS!!!
Maybe we shouldn’t have outsourced all our electronics manufacture to our enemy.
I will say that the number one country for IP inquiries on my router is Russia.
Just looked at it last night.
Allegedly Russia would be more accurate.
That fat profit margin tho....
Not even the US government knows who it is.
Will this be a CIA cyber attack to prevent the overturning of the election? The deep state will do anything
We can’t even defend voting!!!
Geez! Who could have guessed this was possible? If its hooked to the “www”, it’s hackable. From power grids to voting machines to credit cards to bank accounts to medical records to military info to vacation plans. 😱😯😰💸
Don't be such a cynic, the CIA would never do anything like that.
Without approval from the CCP.
(I am sure Gina has stock options with them)
The people promoting riots, endless lockdowns, released prisoners, no bail, stolen elections, fined businesses, wealth distribution, etc. care about cyber attacks? Hmmmm....
Russians? Pffft... My money is on the Democrat criminal enterprise.
Why are any federal systems on the internet.
This couldn’t have happened in the 60s or 70s.
Well, maybe if the FBI and CIA were less concerned with investigating Trump and more concerned with investigating foreign cyber attacks, maybe this wouldn’t be such an issue...
No more law and order, no mass communication, no goods and services, no hospitals...
The cities will eat themselves, then empty out across the country.
What cannot be conquered from without will be conquered from within.
It’s all algore’s fault for inventing the internet in the first place.
It is more than the Ruskies. It is also highly sophisticated. Ain’t no game or fake new.
Interesting that Treasury was named. I got a virus alert when accessing Schedule 2 in preparation for tax season.
Have you noticed - the antifa/blm violence has disappeared. Who gave them the word to stop?
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