Massive Russian Hack of our Government

[Straw Man]

This happened over the weekend
Apparently the Trumptard "Administration" had no clue it happened until a private company informed them about it

Ex-DHS adviser under Trump calls for urgent action to address suspected Russian cyberattack

Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump's former homeland security adviser described the massive data breach of multiple US federal agencies, which US officials suspect is the work of Russian-linked hackers, in urgent terms Wednesday night, calling for immediate and decisive action by the President.

"The magnitude of this ongoing attack is hard to overstate," Tom Bossert, who headed the administration's cybersecurity efforts, including its response to Russian interference in the 2016 election before he was pushed out in April 2018, wrote in a New York Times op-ed. He added that it will "take years to know for certain which networks the Russians control and which ones they just occupy."

"The remediation effort alone will be staggering," he writes, adding that "entire new networks need to be built — and isolated from compromised networks."

US officials are grappling with the widespread cyberattack after the cybersecurity firm FireEye and the software company SolarWinds, used by a number of federal civilian agencies for network management, recently confirmed that their systems were compromised.

At least three US government agencies -- the Departments of Homeland Security, Agriculture and Commerce -- have been compromised in the hack, along with private-sector companies in the consulting, technology, telecom and energy industries.
While the exact scope and scale of the hack is still being determined, it is already becoming clear that this marks one of the most significant breaches of the US government in years.

Trump himself has yet to acknowledge the hack, choosing instead to continue publicly focusing on spreading disinformation about the 2020 election and trying to overturn the results. White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said Tuesday that the Trump administration is "taking a hard look" at the data breach "and obviously take any sort of cyber hacks very seriously."
In his op-ed Wednesday, Bossert said the US and its allies should "publicly and formally attribute responsibility for these hacks."
"If it is Russia, President Trump must make it clear to (Russian President) Vladimir Putin that these actions are unacceptable," he wrote. The Russian embassy in Washington has forcefully denied any involvement.

Bossert called the National Defense Authorization Act, which Congress has passed but Trump has vowed to veto, a "must-sign piece of legislation" in the wake of the cyberattack, which among other cybersecurity provisions would authorize the Department of Homeland Security to perform threat hunting identification on federal networks.
He directly called on Trump to "get past his grievances about the election and govern for the remainder of his term. This moment requires unity, purpose and discipline. An intrusion so brazen and of this size and scope cannot be tolerated by any sovereign nation," he said.

President-elect Joe Biden, meanwhile, needs to begin planning to "take charge of this crisis" and that Biden and Trump's teams "must find a way to cooperate." "President Trump is on the verge of leaving behind a federal government, and perhaps a large number of major industries, compromised by the Russian government," Bossert wrote. "He must use whatever leverage he can muster to protect the United States and severely punish the Russians."  The US is "sick, distracted, and now under cyberattack" and "leadership is essential," he wrote.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/17/politics/tom-bossert-trump-us-agencies-hack-russia/index.html

[IroNat]

Oh no!

Thank goodness Senile Joe is on the way!

[Straw Man]

Oh no!

Thank goodness Senile Joe is on the way!

says the fucking moron

I guess you don't understand that unlike THE TRAITOR the new POTUS will actually fill the government with competent people rather than bootlicking dispshits.   

Do you realize how many vital positions in our goverment THE TRAITOR didn't even bother to fill and how many vital jobs he filled with wholly unqualified people (that will be one of the historical pillars of Trumtardism)

Of course you don't because you're a fucking moron Trumptard

Carry on Trumptard

[loco]

Microsoft on Thursday said it was hit by the sweeping SolarWinds cybersecurity hack, but the company denied a Reuters report indicating its products and services may have been compromised.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-says-hit-solarwinds-cyberattack-012334435.html

[Board_SHERIF]

thats funny, because the same people said the 2020 election was the "safest ever"  when they were questioned about voter fraud 

[Walter Sobchak]

Don’t worry face folks....Hairplugs Biden says that Hunter Biden is the smartest person intellectually that he has ever met.

LOL

Next we will discuss the lies and incompetence of Democrat Lori Lightfoot!

[IroNat]

thats funny, because the same people said the 2020 election was the "safest ever"  when they were questioned about voter fraud 

[OzmO]

Act of War?

https://www.axios.com/solarflares-russia-hack-agencies-0a21d7e4-9fcf-4f6d-b86c-f903d155dd9d.html

[Straw Man]

thats funny, because the same people said the 2020 election was the "safest ever"  when they were questioned about voter fraud 

Why would Putin want to help Biden win ?

Notice how THE TRAITOR hasn't said a word about this yet

Why would he when he didn't do shit when we found out Putin had a bounty on our soldiers

[Straw Man]

Act of War?

https://www.axios.com/solarflares-russia-hack-agencies-0a21d7e4-9fcf-4f6d-b86c-f903d155dd9d.html

It started in March and is ongoing

The so called Trump administration had no clue until they were informed about it by a private security firm last week

[OzmO]

It started in March and is ongoing

The so called Trump administration had no clue until they were informed about it by a private security firm last week

You know i am not a Trump fan.  Was someone in his administration negligent in their duties or was the hack well hidden?  Was the vulnerability a result of poor security because of Trump or was it just a discovered exploit by skilled hackers? 

I don't know that I blame his administration for this. 

[Straw Man]

You know i am not a Trump fan.  Was someone in his administration negligent in their duties or was the hack well hidden?  Was the vulnerability a result of poor security because of Trump or was it just a discovered exploit by skilled hackers? 

I don't know that I blame his administration for this.

It started in March and is onging

Who else is in charge or our government and our cypersecurity if not the current administration

Why hasn't Trump said a single word about this

President elect Biden has spoken on it

Do you the right wing media or Faux News would be so conciliatory if the current administration were a Democratic one?

[OzmO]

It started in March and is onging

My questions still stand. 

Who else is in charge or our government and our cypersecurity if not the current administration

The people who head those agencies, hence my questions.

Why hasn't Trump said a single word about this

Who knows?  He is probably still reeling from his loss and his ego won't let him.  Unacceptable that he hasn't.  At the very least he needs to say something like:  We are currently looking into the reports of this hack and the allegations that Russia was behind it. 

President elect Biden has spoken on it

Has nothing to do with my questions.

Do you the right wing media or Faux News would be so conciliatory if the current administration were a Democratic one?

It works both ways and is predictable. 

[Straw Man]

My questions still stand. 

The people who head those agencies, hence my questions.

Who knows?  He is probably still reeling from his loss and his ego won't let him.  Unacceptable that he hasn't.  At the very least he needs to say something like:  We are currently looking into the reports of this hack and the allegations that Russia was behind it. 

Has nothing to do with my questions.

It works both ways and is predictable.

It's Trumps administration so he is responsible

This is essentially a terrorist attack and it's been ongoing for 9 months

BTW - it doesn't go both ways

Do you remember when Faux News spent actual air time criticizing Obama for his choice of condiments, the color of his suit or the fact that he used a binder clip on the paper for the ACA

It's been 4 years since Obama was in office so maybe you've forgotten

[IroNat]

It's Trumps administration so he is responsible

This is essentially a terrorist attack and it's been ongoing for 9 months

BTW - it doesn't go both ways

Do you remember when Faux News spent actual air time criticizing Obama for his choice of condiments, the color of his suit or the fact that he used a binder clip on the paper for the ACA

It's been 4 years since Obama was in office so maybe you've forgotten

[Board_SHERIF]

Call this corrupted Shit Fet with his sniffing Pedo Buddy
Both are corrupted and Putin's bitches...



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[OzmO]

It's Trumps administration so he is responsible

No.  grasping.  Until those questions are answered, its not.   If a person is running a large company that employs thousands of people in office buildings, factories, warehouses etc. and he/she has done their due diligence to make it secure by hiring, onsite security, alarms etc. and there is a break in is it 100% his/her fault?  No.  Did he/she cause the break in? No.  Does he/she have a percentage of responsibility?  Sure, but if they, as I say did their due diligence, its not their direct fault.  That's why those questions i asked  need to be answered.

This is essentially a terrorist attack and it's been ongoing for 9 months

Does it constitute an act of war?  Should we retaliate?   That's the question/point of my post.

BTW - it doesn't go both ways

It does.  You are no different than the same people that attack you.  Only a few people here have objectivity. 

Do you remember when Faux News spent actual air time criticizing Obama for his choice of condiments, the color of his suit or the fact that he used a binder clip on the paper for the ACA

  So?  remember people complaining about how much both OB and DT play golf.  SNORE.

It's been 4 years since Obama was in office so maybe you've forgotten

I liked OB, he took over a fucked up economy and got heading in the right direction, but he failed us on medical costs.  I don't know that any one could really do anything anyway.   

[AbrahamG]

No.  grasping.  Until those questions are answered, its not.   If a person is running a large company that employs thousands of people in office buildings, factories, warehouses etc. and he/she has done their due diligence to make it secure by hiring, onsite security, alarms etc. and there is a break in is it 100% his/her fault?  No.  Did he/she cause the break in? No.  Does he/she have a percentage of responsibility?  Sure, but if they, as I say did their due diligence, its not their direct fault.  That's why those questions i asked  need to be answered.

Does it constitute an act of war?  Should we retaliate?   That's the question/point of my post.

It does.  You are no different than the same people that attack you.  Only a few people here have objectivity. 
  So?  remember people complaining about how much both OB and DT play golf.  SNORE.

I liked OB, he took over a fucked up economy and got heading in the right direction, but he failed us on medical costs.  I don't know that any one could really do anything anyway.

The only way to control medical costs is a two pronged approach.  1. People in the USA have to take a greater interest/responsibility for their own health.  2.  Single payer system.  As long as it's a for profit system, we are forever fucked.

[Grape Ape]

The only way to control medical costs is a two pronged approach.  1. People in the USA have to take a greater interest/responsibility for their own health.  2.  Single payer system.  As long as it's a for profit system, we are forever fucked.

1.  YES.  Personal accountability, preventative medicine....100% fucking spot on true.

2.  50/50.  For profit makes things fucked, but also fosters innovation.  The gov't will just fuck it up.

[Straw Man]

No.  grasping.  Until those questions are answered, its not.   If a person is running a large company that employs thousands of people in office buildings, factories, warehouses etc. and he/she has done their due diligence to make it secure by hiring, onsite security, alarms etc. and there is a break in is it 100% his/her fault?  No.  Did he/she cause the break in? No.  Does he/she have a percentage of responsibility?  Sure, but if they, as I say did their due diligence, its not their direct fault.  That's why those questions i asked  need to be answered.

Does it constitute an act of war?  Should we retaliate?   That's the question/point of my post.

It does.  You are no different than the same people that attack you.  Only a few people here have objectivity. 
  So?  remember people complaining about how much both OB and DT play golf.  SNORE.

I liked OB, he took over a fucked up economy and got heading in the right direction, but he failed us on medical costs.  I don't know that any one could really do anything anyway.

The CEO is always the one that takes blame when the scandal is big enough

We absolutly should retaliate and President Biden will

The economy was not fucked up when Trump took office.  That's one of the lies Trumptards keep telling each other and hope that one day someone will believe it

One thing is a fact and that is the the economy entered a recession before COVID shut down the country
https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/us-recession-started-in-february-researchers-say

I assume you'll keep telling the same lies anyway

That's what Trumptard do

[chaos]

It started in March and is onging

Who else is in charge or our government and our cypersecurity if not the current administration

Why hasn't Trump said a single word about this

President elect Biden has spoken on it

Do you the right wing media or Faux News would be so conciliatory if the current administration were a Democratic one?

So you're saying it was Obamas fault Russia hacked the 2016 election. I mean, his was the current administration at the time.

[IroNat]

So you're saying it was Obamas fault Russia hacked the 2016 election. I mean, his was the current administration at the time.

[loco]

So you're saying it was Obamas fault Russia hacked the 2016 election. I mean, his was the current administration at the time.

[Straw Man]

So you're saying it was Obamas fault Russia hacked the 2016 election. I mean, his was the current administration at the time.

no one hacked the voting (if that's what you mean by the election) in 2016

Russis infiltrated voter-registration operations, state and local election databases, e-poll books and other equipment but as far as we know didn't impact actual votes that were cast as far as I know.

and YES Obama is ultimately responsible for letting that happen

[Straw Man]

Pompeo said it was Russia

THE TRAITOR has finally spoken on this and of course he defends his boss Putin and suggests it might be China

Fucking Traitor