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I'm not. I find it far more likely that the FBI doesn't know they've been hacked yet. It takes time for institutions that large to figure stuff out.

by ahi 14y ago

Karunamon 14y ago
And yet they flatly deny it instead of say they're investigating or they're not sure. That takes some hubris. And that's a trait that has gotten more than one organization owned by Anonymous/*sec in the past.
- y0ghur7_xxx 14y ago
  And yet they flatly deny it instead of say they're investigating or they're not sure. They don't deny it. They say that "At this time there is no evidence indicating that an FBI laptop was compromised". That's different. The evidence is just not here at this time.
  - macchina 14y ago
    On twitter the FBI stated: "We never had info in question. Bottom Line: TOTALLY FALSE"
    - BCM43 14y ago
      It's possible the person with access to the twitter account is not in the loop, or did not consult with higher ups before posting that.
- mbell 14y ago
  > That takes some hubris. And that's a trait that has gotten more than one organization owned by Anonymous/*sec in the past. That would require acknowledging them as a real threat. I don't think the government is really there yet. They seem to perpetuate the opinion of the parent post: > the kids who posted the file. Note the usage of 'kids'.
  - stcredzero 14y ago
    > Note the usage of 'kids'. That's probably true. The whole thing smacks of grasping for straws. It's just spreading FUD. UDID data has been flying around WiFi hotspots and in plaintext over networks for years. Harvesting them is like harvesting names and addresses from postcards. I wouldn't put it past people to aggregate a bunch of them, then pin it on some well known government agency to pull a publicity stunt like this. The first people to fail to protect the privacy of app users: iOS app developers and the folks at Apple who wrote that part of the SDK. (Who should've known the result of counting on hordes of hobbyist devs to "do the right thing" with the UDID.)

I'm not. I find it far more likely that the FBI doesn't know they've been hacked yet. It takes time for institutions that large to figure stuff out.

by ahi 14y ago

I'm not. I find it far more likely that the FBI doesn't know they've been hacked yet. It takes time for institutions that large to figure stuff out.

Karunamon 14y ago

And yet they flatly deny it instead of say they're investigating or they're not sure. That takes some hubris. And that's a trait that has gotten more than one organization owned by Anonymous/*sec in the past.

y0ghur7_xxx 14y ago
And yet they flatly deny it instead of say they're investigating or they're not sure. They don't deny it. They say that "At this time there is no evidence indicating that an FBI laptop was compromised". That's different. The evidence is just not here at this time.
- macchina 14y ago
  On twitter the FBI stated: "We never had info in question. Bottom Line: TOTALLY FALSE"
  - BCM43 14y ago
    It's possible the person with access to the twitter account is not in the loop, or did not consult with higher ups before posting that.
mbell 14y ago
> That takes some hubris. And that's a trait that has gotten more than one organization owned by Anonymous/*sec in the past. That would require acknowledging them as a real threat. I don't think the government is really there yet. They seem to perpetuate the opinion of the parent post: > the kids who posted the file. Note the usage of 'kids'.
- stcredzero 14y ago
  > Note the usage of 'kids'. That's probably true. The whole thing smacks of grasping for straws. It's just spreading FUD. UDID data has been flying around WiFi hotspots and in plaintext over networks for years. Harvesting them is like harvesting names and addresses from postcards. I wouldn't put it past people to aggregate a bunch of them, then pin it on some well known government agency to pull a publicity stunt like this. The first people to fail to protect the privacy of app users: iOS app developers and the folks at Apple who wrote that part of the SDK. (Who should've known the result of counting on hordes of hobbyist devs to "do the right thing" with the UDID.)