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Re:U.S. Charges 13 Russians, 3 Companies for Interfering wit... by 52-6F-62 on Friday February 16, 2018 @04:32PM (#16396566)
Who said they did nothing to stop it? If you would like there are plenty of reports about tactics used. Primarily, any initial entry into one government system they would use to snowball access to others, largely by spear-phishing attacks using government emails to gain higher level and wider access through legitimate accounts. By that time, it's a cat and mouse game.

I'm not sure about your anecdote regarding alleged surprise. The only surprise I really caught were the public reactions to the news.

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Re:U.S. Charges 13 Russians, 3 Companies for Interfering wit... by smsm42 on Friday February 16, 2018 @05:08PM (#16396912)
> Who said they did nothing to stop it?

OK, I admit, I took the optimistic route. The pessimistic one would be they knew for months, they tried for months to stop it, and they failed, and they didn't tell anyone about it. That sounds even worse to me.

> Primarily, any initial entry into one government system

DNC is not government. At least not yet :)

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Re:U.S. Charges 13 Russians, 3 Companies for Interfering wit... by 52-6F-62 on Friday February 16, 2018 @06:35PM (#16397602)
Freudian slip or what.

I trust you understood what I meant, regardless.

I’m willing to believe it’s possible they failed. I recall talks by a former NSA director about the dire need for improved cybersecurity programs and it wasn’t well received at the time— in light of all the patriot act business

Maybe it’s a wake up call?

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