Guccifer 2.0 Slipped Up and Revealed He Was a Russian Intelligence Officer

Re:Guccifer 2.0 Slipped Up and Revealed He Was a Russian Int... by coldtea on Friday March 23, 2018 @03:44AM (#16655887)

>Right, the fact someone could compromise a random government agency in the 90s clearly means someone else could compromise Russian military intelligence in 2016, because NASA's IT security in the 90s is totally comparable to the GRU today, absolutely.

Because such hacks don't happen today?

>Which nation state, exactly?

Well, which nation state likes false flags and BS excuses like WMDs for their target du jour?

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Re:Guccifer 2.0 Slipped Up and Revealed He Was a Russian Int... by aldous on Friday March 23, 2018 @06:39AM (#16656638)

Are you referring to the Kremlin? There is a wealth of allegations of such activities attributed to them:

The most infamous (and heinous) oft sighted example...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_apartment_bombings

And there are plenty of more recent allegations such as the framing of North Korea for the attempts to disrupt the Winter Olympics:

https://www.wired.com/story/russia-false-flag-hacks/

Parkland shootings etc etc

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2018/feb/22/...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/after-the-parkland-s...

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