America uses stealthy submarines to hack other countries’ systems

Re:America uses stealthy submarines to hack other countries’... by gormo2 on Saturday July 30, 2016 @11:54AM (#12193476)

>But despite the rising prominence of Russian hackers in this news cycle — and Chinese hackers before that — it's worth pointing out that the United States has grown fairly proficient in cyberspace, too.

How am I not surprised that in an article about US espionage the American s̶t̶a̶t̶e̶ media makes sure to remind yet again us how bad, bad, bad the Russians are.

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Re:America uses stealthy submarines to hack other countries’... by gwern on Saturday July 30, 2016 @12:38PM (#12193646)

It reads the exact opposite to me. 'You know how everyone's upset about Russian/Chinese hacking lately? Remember that the US did it first and on a far larger scale than them.'

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Re:America uses stealthy submarines to hack other countries’... by finid on Saturday July 30, 2016 @12:45PM (#12193671)

But who's going to impose sanctions on us?

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Re:America uses stealthy submarines to hack other countries’... by gormo2 on Sunday July 31, 2016 @02:37AM (#12195990)

Difference in this case is there's actually evidence rather than hearsay.

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Re:America uses stealthy submarines to hack other countries’... by peyton on Saturday July 30, 2016 @12:02PM (#12193500)

The context of the article is recent comments by political candidates about Russian cyber warfare. The subs' capabilities were revealed at a conference three weeks ago.

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Re:America uses stealthy submarines to hack other countries’... by Spooky23 on Saturday July 30, 2016 @04:49PM (#12194641)

It's more like:

"So you stole emails from a political campaign? That's cool -- remember that conversation with your mistress in 2005? No? We do."

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