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And there it sounds much less specific: "the bureau had recently seen state-backed hackers poking around."

by acqq 7y ago

aspenmayer 7y ago
It's a bit more specific than that. 'FBI Deputy Assistant Director Tonya Ugoretz told participants in an online panel discussion hosted by the Aspen Institute that the bureau had recently seen state-backed hackers poking around a series of healthcare and research institutions. '“We certainly have seen reconnaissance activity, and some intrusions, into some of those institutions, especially those that have publicly identified themselves as working on COVID-related research,” she said.' from the referenced report at: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-cyber/fbi-official-says-foreign-hackers-have-targeted-covid-19-research-idUSKBN21Y3GL https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-cyber/...
- acqq 7y ago
  It's far from what sciencetechniz.com article claims, and I've quoted the actual words of the person, as quoted in the article, not the interpretations.
  - aspenmayer 7y ago
    But the context for your original reply and also my own reply were to the Reuters article. Also, everything in the opening sentence gloss is literally word for word supported by the very next line, which is a direct quote of the Reuters article which itself is a direct quote from the speaker from the FBI at the conference. Not to be pedantic, but I honestly don’t know what you are getting at.
- kristopolous 7y ago
  Also, this part: "Medical research organizations and those who work for them should be vigilant against threat actors seeking to steal >>>>>intellectual property<<<<< or other sensitive data related to America’s response to the COVID19 pandemic,” said Bill Evanina, Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center. “Now is the time to protect the critical research you’re conducting.” We're STILL talking about IP, patents, secrecy, and profit, on the pandemic, during the pandemic, with the government encouraging people to Not Share Information and Keep It As Secret as possible. The disease is highly contagious and delays can mean millions of deaths and trillions in lost business, double digit unemployment, riots and civil wars, he knows this, right? That's more important then $.65 versus $.59 EPS during a quarterly earnings call. These people are so clueless, like some dopey out of touch aristocracy right before they collapse.
  - hutzlibu 7y ago
    Well there is still the cold war with china and each side already blaming the other who is responsible, so the winner is the one, who can report success on a vaccine or treatment first. It is still a global power struggle, who cares for human lives in that game?
    - kristopolous 7y ago
      It's one sided. One side has 800 military bases in 70 countries and routinely threatens to invade countries, and just did a coup in Latin America last November and the other is where all their factories are. So no, don't buy it. It's the global thug being thuggish
      - hutzlibu 7y ago
        Yeah, but the other side would like to have that much bases, too. And is increasing influence wherever they can. (big in africa and increasingly in south america, too). Also there are still some other sides, who probably join forces, if the US pushes too much.
        kristopolous 7y ago
        Not every culture values brash thuggish belligerency as a social good. Most counties are trying to work collaboratively and collectively on these things. US is the wacky outlier and they think everyone is like them. We're talking about a country too arrogant to adopt the metric system, meters are just too much for them. The optics of possibly using international standards is too high of a political cost because then they'd use the same thing as everyone else. The Horror! America is like an executive who insists on having their own private elevator. Basic things remain completely unadopted because that would look too much like collaboration. There's clearly an insane actor here, like some pearl clutching out of touch aristocracy riding around in town thinking the peasants love us as we argue how generous we should be wording a letter of forgiveness for wanting a revolution.

And there it sounds much less specific: "the bureau had recently seen state-backed hackers poking around."

by acqq 7y ago

And there it sounds much less specific: "the bureau had recently seen state-backed hackers poking around."

It's a bit more specific than that. 'FBI Deputy Assistant Director Tonya Ugoretz told participants in an online panel discussion hosted by the Aspen Institute that the bureau had recently seen state-backed hackers poking around a series of healthcare and research institutions. '“We certainly have seen reconnaissance activity, and some intrusions, into some of those institutions, especially those that have publicly identified themselves as working on COVID-related research,” she said.' from the referenced report at: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-cyber/fbi-official-says-foreign-hackers-have-targeted-covid-19-research-idUSKBN21Y3GL https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-cyber/...

acqq 7y ago
It's far from what sciencetechniz.com article claims, and I've quoted the actual words of the person, as quoted in the article, not the interpretations.
- aspenmayer 7y ago
  But the context for your original reply and also my own reply were to the Reuters article. Also, everything in the opening sentence gloss is literally word for word supported by the very next line, which is a direct quote of the Reuters article which itself is a direct quote from the speaker from the FBI at the conference. Not to be pedantic, but I honestly don’t know what you are getting at.
kristopolous 7y ago
Also, this part: "Medical research organizations and those who work for them should be vigilant against threat actors seeking to steal >>>>>intellectual property<<<<< or other sensitive data related to America’s response to the COVID19 pandemic,” said Bill Evanina, Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center. “Now is the time to protect the critical research you’re conducting.” We're STILL talking about IP, patents, secrecy, and profit, on the pandemic, during the pandemic, with the government encouraging people to Not Share Information and Keep It As Secret as possible. The disease is highly contagious and delays can mean millions of deaths and trillions in lost business, double digit unemployment, riots and civil wars, he knows this, right? That's more important then $.65 versus $.59 EPS during a quarterly earnings call. These people are so clueless, like some dopey out of touch aristocracy right before they collapse.
- hutzlibu 7y ago
  Well there is still the cold war with china and each side already blaming the other who is responsible, so the winner is the one, who can report success on a vaccine or treatment first. It is still a global power struggle, who cares for human lives in that game?
  - kristopolous 7y ago
    It's one sided. One side has 800 military bases in 70 countries and routinely threatens to invade countries, and just did a coup in Latin America last November and the other is where all their factories are. So no, don't buy it. It's the global thug being thuggish
    - hutzlibu 7y ago
      Yeah, but the other side would like to have that much bases, too. And is increasing influence wherever they can. (big in africa and increasingly in south america, too). Also there are still some other sides, who probably join forces, if the US pushes too much.
      - kristopolous 7y ago
        Not every culture values brash thuggish belligerency as a social good. Most counties are trying to work collaboratively and collectively on these things. US is the wacky outlier and they think everyone is like them. We're talking about a country too arrogant to adopt the metric system, meters are just too much for them. The optics of possibly using international standards is too high of a political cost because then they'd use the same thing as everyone else. The Horror! America is like an executive who insists on having their own private elevator. Basic things remain completely unadopted because that would look too much like collaboration. There's clearly an insane actor here, like some pearl clutching out of touch aristocracy riding around in town thinking the peasants love us as we argue how generous we should be wording a letter of forgiveness for wanting a revolution.