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If you are talking about the idea of Russia interfering in U.S. elections, this doesn't seem to have any thing to do with cybersecurity. The only at all credibl
by markkanof 8y ago
If you are talking about the idea of Russia interfering in U.S. elections, this doesn't seem to have any thing to do with cybersecurity. The only at all credible allegations are that they used Facebook within the bounds of how Facebook is supposed to be used (when it comes to security).
- wefarrell 8y agoThe hacking of Podesta's emails were absolutely a cybersecurity issue. Spamming facebook and other social media sites with fake accounts is absolutely a cybersecurity issue - in the case of Facebook using a fake account is an unauthorized use of their platform. There was a large social component to it, as is the case with most large cybersecurity breaches.
- vuln 8y agoPodesta was phished, not hacked. Big difference between phished and a 0day or an unpatched vulnerability. Can’t patch humans.
- dredmorbius 8y agoGoogle's delivery, authentication, compromise-detection, PEP management, and content encryption policies and capabilities directly contributed to the success of this attack. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politically_exposed_person https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politically_exposed_person https://old.reddit.com/r/dredmorbius/comments/7qya12/information_security_peps_podesta_who_are_you/ https://old.reddit.com/r/dredmorbius/comments/7qya12/informa...
- vuln 8y agoOr just a "typo" https://www.cnn.com/2017/06/27/politics/russia-dnc-hacking-csr/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2017/06/27/politics/russia-dnc-hacking-c... https://www.theverge.com/2016/12/13/13940514/dnc-email-hack-typo-john-podesta-clinton-russia https://www.theverge.com/2016/12/13/13940514/dnc-email-hack-... https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/310234-typo-may-have-caused-podesta-email-hack https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/310234-typo-may-hav...
- dredmorbius 8y agoWhich wouldn't have mattered with the other protections in place.
- CaptainZapp 8y agoThe stolen emails from the Clinton campaign, leaked piecmeal, and arguably part of foreign propaganda efforts had a hell of a lot do with cybersecurity.
- freshm087 8y agoHacked emails is certainly a cybersec thing, but the fact that backstage politics secrets sometimes become public is nothing new, and not necessary bad for democracy.
- wefarrell 8y agoWhen a totalitarian adversary does it to aid their preferred candidate it's absolutely terrible for democracy.
- freshm087 8y agoSorry, I hear "when it's against my preferred candidate it's absolutely horrible". Transparency, and informed decisions are usually claimed to be good for democracy. Hacked emails may play for this, even if done for another reason. Democratic elections are always go with dirt-digging, and spills, and it is essential part of the process even if someone doesn't like it.
- wefarrell 8y agoIn most cases dirt digging isn't usually a serious problem. When a totalitarian adversary does it to aid their preferred candidate it is.