US officials are reporting that the FBI is conducting an investigation into the possibility that reporters for the New York Times were hacked, and that it is conceivable that the hackers behind the potential incident were from Russian intelligence.
There was little, indeed virtually nothing, known about the putative hack, but it was said that the New York Times’ entire network was not believed to be targeted, but rather an unknown number of email addresses affiliated with an unknown number of reporters.
The possibility of blaming Russia seems to be centered purely on the fact that officials were quick to blame Russia for other recent hacks in the US, including the hack against the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
Neither the FBI nor the New York Times is commenting on what happened, however, and even though at this point we don’t know if this amounts to anything more than a trivial amateur hack, many are lining up the possibility of blaming Russia for it, seemingly just because blaming Russia is a thing to do.
Do not look and listen here to these folks who are part of U.S. government. Sarc/off!
Aug 4, 2016 DARPA’s Cyber Grand Challenge: Competition Framework Team
Astrophysicist and Cyber Grand Challenge Host Hakeem Oluseyi talks to the CGC’s Competition Framework Team about their role in designing the space in which the CGC is executed and scored. They also discuss the impact the CGC is expected to have, speeding the development of automated cybersecurity.
https://youtu.be/2KVDsiKzOIk
Fascinating to see what websites and fake news organizations (aka CNN) are leading the charge in blaming Russia for this with zero proof. I guess we can add Antiwar.com to the list. Take a vague rumor and run with it guys.
If you can’t even be bothered to read the article, why comment on it?