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That crowdstrike article reads like an advertisement I'd prefer something more authoritative before flirting with war with a nuclear power. I think the real que
by cmdrfred 10y ago
That crowdstrike article reads like an advertisement I'd prefer something more authoritative before flirting with war with a nuclear power. I think the real question is, why is a Russian military unit so hapless they can be caught by a firm like this? Doesn't that sort of undermine the claim that they are a major threat and instead make the DNC look like helpless idiots tricked by Russian teenagers?
- nl 10y agoYes, the DNC were helpless idiots. But a proper forensic investigation will almost always find out how an intruder got in. That doesn't make the intruder any less competent.
- cmdrfred 10y agoI understand it will reveal the method of entry, but a smart criminal won't leave his drivers license at the scene of the crime as the "Russians" have seemingly done here.
- nl 10y agoWell the "method of entry" is what was used to identify them, and they had to leave it there so they could re-access the system. There isn't much unusual about this - a similar thing happened with the Shadow Brokers/Equation Group (NSA) hack for example[1] (although in that case some of the control tools were taken instead of just the payload). It would be exceptionally unusual for nothing to be found. [1] https://securelist.com/blog/incidents/75812/the-equation-giveaway/ https://securelist.com/blog/incidents/75812/the-equation-giv...