White House officials say that their unclassified computer network has been hacked, and that some services were disrupted in recent weeks. They say there was no damage done to the systems, nor any evidence that the classified network was hit at all.
It sounds like something of a non-story, except that White House officials are blaming “hackers thought to be working for the Russian government,” making it a potential international incident.
That is, if it’s true. Officials provided no details as to why they were blaming Russia, and indeed no evidence that Russia was a more likely candidate than any other hackers.
Ultimately, it seems the allegation is based on the recent media coverage of Russian hackers being scarier than, say, Chinese hackers. US foreign policy right now is also leaning toward a more anti-Russia bend than it was in years past, so blaming Russia would be extremely convenient to their overall narrative.
It’s unclear why the Russian government would bother to hack the White House’s unclassified systems for the sake of some minor service disruptions, as usual any government hackers are in it for serious information gains, not mere pranks.
What's next in this idiotic anti-Russia campaign? It's Russia's fault that ebola is out there not the USG's experiments with aerosolized Ebola gone wrong?
Idiots indeed. Russia has sophisticated hackers, but they don't work for Putin.
Much more useful to blame Russia than some spotty teenager working in his Mom's basement, the most likely culprit for this intrusion into the USG's unclassified network. Proof, who needs proof? Only "conspiracy theorists" would doubt the word of the Washington consensus, no matter how ridiculous or self serving their claims may be.
Best bet: zit-encrusted nerd-corp socially inept teens, probably from the basements of highly-placed government officials homes in the DC burbs. As stated above, the Russians are not interested in screwing around with unclassified systems, regardless of where they are.
Didn't someone in the US government just call Nutty-Yahoo a chicken $hit ….. payback?
Folks, let's not get carried away here. When the Russians sold Laden what he needed to read Clinton and Bush's laptop Laden knew their every move. This was why Osama issued statements calling Clinton immoral, he had read his sex texts long before the press discovered Monica. It is also why after Bush left the school, his laptop had the message BUSH YOU ARE NEXT on 911. ( This is from an open source, EYE SPY MAGAZINE in the UK, the only magazine that matters). Russia knows how to use other agents to do their dirty work.