US investigating attacks with hallmarks of ‘Havana syndrome’ near White House

Re:US investigating attacks with hallmarks of ‘Havana syndro... by truxten on Thursday April 29, 2021 @04:51PM (#26986531)

The Wikipedia article[0], has some interesting speculation about this. Main ideas behind the cause seems to be either some directed energy pulse or potentially a ultrasound weapon. These kind of invisible weapons are utterly terrifying to me and I feel that they'll just become more prevalent in the coming decades.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havana_syndrome

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Re:US investigating attacks with hallmarks of ‘Havana syndro... by viro on Thursday April 29, 2021 @05:02PM (#26986655)

So this a super hot take, but someone is asking for an ass whooping. This is basically an act of war. I'm going to just leave it at that. This isn't some random hack, kinetic attack demands kinetic response.

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Re:US investigating attacks with hallmarks of ‘Havana syndro... by encryptluks2 on Thursday April 29, 2021 @09:19PM (#26988869)

And what if the US was the one who created the technology and started using it first?

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Re:US investigating attacks with hallmarks of ‘Havana syndro... by viro on Friday April 30, 2021 @10:06AM (#26993626)

Who ever made the order to use it on non-soldiers in a non-combat zone should go to jail for life.

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Re:US investigating attacks with hallmarks of ‘Havana syndro... by nickkell on Thursday April 29, 2021 @05:25PM (#26986961)

Who exactly would you like to go to war with? The martians?

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Re:US investigating attacks with hallmarks of ‘Havana syndro... by viro on Thursday April 29, 2021 @05:31PM (#26987053)

Who ever is intently committing war crimes against diplomats on American soil. did you not read the brain damage part?

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Re:US investigating attacks with hallmarks of ‘Havana syndro... by atat7024 on Thursday April 29, 2021 @05:52PM (#26987287)

Attribution is hard with digital attacks.

In hacker communities, it's considered best practice to avoid making enemies — a good policy.

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Re:US investigating attacks with hallmarks of ‘Havana syndro... by ethanbond on Thursday April 29, 2021 @07:06PM (#26987964)

As mentioned, this is a kinetic attack.

Attribution will still be hard, but the motivation to attribute (correctly) will be much much higher than most cyber attacks.

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Re:US investigating attacks with hallmarks of ‘Havana syndro... by w0de0 on Thursday April 29, 2021 @06:31PM (#26987617)

This is a sophomoric understanding of our complex nation and its many power centers. Cynicism is an easy masquerade for wisdom, but don’t fool yourself too.

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Re:US investigating attacks with hallmarks of ‘Havana syndro... by lucas_codes on Friday April 30, 2021 @07:52AM (#26992234)

It's a short comment on the internet, it can be essentially correct (or not) without elaborating on societal complexities

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Re:US investigating attacks with hallmarks of ‘Havana syndro... by nomel on Thursday April 29, 2021 @05:21PM (#26986913)

It seems like some wideband audio and RF sensors would be able to easily detect this. If it's skull penetrating, I doubt you would even have to place them that densely to detect something out of the ordinary, regardless of the directionality of the source.

There's probably a government contract opportunity for a wearable detector here.

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Re:US investigating attacks with hallmarks of ‘Havana syndro... by floam on Thursday April 29, 2021 @06:45PM (#26987732)

The recent National Academies study for the Department of State seemed to not think it is ultrasonic: https://federalnewsnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Ha...

Some kind of pulsed RF/microwave seemed to be the most likely?

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Re:US investigating attacks with hallmarks of ‘Havana syndro... by thoughtstheseus on Thursday April 29, 2021 @08:11PM (#26988426)

Thank you for sharing this. It’s helpful to see that others have put substantial work into this problem.

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Re:US investigating attacks with hallmarks of ‘Havana syndro... by vondur on Thursday April 29, 2021 @08:28PM (#26988552)

How focused would this need to be to target this particular area? Shouldn’t we see people nearby also affected?

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