Posted on 12/19/2020 10:13:01 AM PST by linMcHlp
My question is what legal authority do private companies have to do this?
The forces may have bullied their way into putting the site into a sinkhole, because they could. The power created the authority.
My question is what recourse does the hacker have? Answer: zero
Bill doesn’t have people anymore. He’s retired. Over a decade.
To steal a compliment from the 60’s space race...
You sir, are steely-eyed missileman! Thanks for the post.
If a domain is taken over can’t they determine who initiated/created/owned it?
No. An insider bad actor or incompetence is always first on my list. Equifax got hacked because a server didn't get patched in a timely manner. I don't rule out that the Solarwind hack could be the mother of all hacks, but I doubt it...
I know - he goes around the world giving away money. And pontificating on global warming or whatever the newest liberal elite freak-out is.
If Bill Gates really wanted to help the world - he would accept a job protecting the United States from cyber attacks...(which would also help the world) ...
He could do like Trump did and accept the job for a dollar a year.,
And why would you think the guy who was in charge of the company that made possibly the least secure OS ever should be put in charge of security?! They’ve spent most of the time since Gates hung it up redesigning Windows to work with security protocols that have been around for ages.
“If a domain is taken over can’t they determine who initiated/created/owned it?”
Domain in question: avsvmcloud[.]com
The brackets, there, prevent a valid link action for the domain in question. If you want a successful link action in the following, then remove those brackets.
To learn about a domain, the following 2 websites provide a lot of information:
https://www.wmtips.com/tools/info/avsvmcloud[.]com
https://dnslytics.com/domain/avsvmcloud[.]com
At that last website, https://dnslytics.com/
In the left side region of your Internet browser window, notice under “Network information” . . . the ASN number.
That is the Autonomous System number. The ASN is assigned (by the Regional Internet Registry) to the organization that has the IP address for the domain in question. (Regional Internet Registries: https://www.nro.net/about/rirs/)
“[T]he organization” that has the IP address, is typically also the host of a multitude of domains (and other IP addresses) under its tent.
At the WebMaster Tips & Tools website (https://www.wmtips.com), you will find a lot of info, such as the WHOIS data. Scroll down, searching for “WHOIS” - there is a Domain WHOIS and an IP WHOIS.
Now, if you really want to know all that info from the 2 sources cited above, BE FOREWARNED:
The “authorites” are monitoring every query re the domain in question.
I would avoid searching at those 2 sources, on the domain in question.
Meanwhile, the history of the domain in question, is typically recorded; and “they” (probably by now, every government in the world, plus 10’s of thousands of affected Internet-connected organizations) will have the history.
“say giving up the power amounts to handing it over to countries like China and Russia” and others: Islamic jihad, Hate America First
And the heck has allowed other hacks to be put in place without going into affect. Should be interesting to see what happens
Bribery, intimidation, insiders preferring convenience, and carelessness . . . are the usual suspects.
Caring less: Insiders give up enough clues, to what their password might be; or insiders outright give away their password.
That is one of the reasons that nobody should expose their lives to online forums. Because the bad actors collect information and assess The Top Ten most vulnerable insiders, every day. And the bad actors just wait for opportune moments.
*That* is the leading pry-bar that gets hackers into health care systems.
Every day, bad actors wait for network users to do something that leaves a door open.
At the end of this, do you see Solarwinds still having a client base? It’s not as if they’re the only game in town.
I can't predict which way it'll go, or maybe some third way....
“Do you trust Pompeo or Ellen Nakashima?”
Him - yes until yesterday.
Her - no.
Your link that you gave, is tied up between France, Russia, and Vietnam.
Thanks. I also remember Pompeo claiming he agreed with the “17 intel agencies” “assessment” that Russia helped Trump in 2016. Trump moved him from CIA to State. After that he seemed to improve for a while, and in fact accomplished some impressive diplomatic missions. I don’t know, maybe he has a permanent flaw in domestic enemy recognition. Are the dirty spooks (I don’t think they are all bad) calling in an IOU or blackmailing?
Look for what Condor and Watson have in common.
IBM?
Let’s say, that you are a wing commander based in South Korea. You walk into an assembly where pilots and crews are waiting for your briefing.
At the podium, you say to the men, “blue” - and then you leave the assembly.
Another senior officer takes over for the briefing.
One week later, at yet another briefing, the pilots and crewmembers are each asked to pickup “from that table,” a pencil, a piece of paper, and an envelope. All are asked to privately write down what they thought about “blue.”
61% write down almost exactly the same thing. The remaining thoughts begin to wander away from there, a few are “totally lost.”
At the next briefing, you assign to all crew chiefs, that task of making a formal report -— not of their assigned aircraft, but of the entire wing’s readiness. You tell the crew chiefs, “Yeah, I know, you’ve never done this - but try and do your best. Due one week from today.”
The next week arrives. Most of the chiefs have reports prepared; some do not. You collect the available readiness reports.
You pick 5 reports and one-at-a-time, order in the respective chiefs, where you then order them to remain silent about their contributions - when they see their reports posted.
At the following briefing, you point to the table with the 5 posted reports - copies stacked high, and you tell everybody to pick up 1 copy of each report.
Then you ask everybody, to write what they assess about the 5 reports, limiting their observations to “just 1 page.” All have 1 week to submit their observations.
You study these observations.
Because you are interested in knowing how much of the wing is on the same page.
And because, you are interested in knowing how efficient your men are, at reporting to you.
You need to know, where info flowing to you, is thorough and accurate vs. “really not telling the truth - though no ill will is involved.”
You need to know, where you need to look under the hood, open doors, barge into engineering spaces and wheel wells.
You need to make the effort to get good info from your wing, and know that you can get good info from those sending it.
You need to know where there is weakness about that, and GET OFF YOUR BUTT to go looking.
But paper processors who are most high, either don’t have the time, or do not make the time, or make that effort.
And thus, they are misled - a lot.
IBM Watson, yes.
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