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[QUOTE]Hackers thought to be working for the Russian government breached the unclassified White House computer networks in recent weeks, sources said, resulting in temporary disruptions to some services while cybersecurity teams worked to contain the intrusion.
White House officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation, said that the intruders did not damage any of the systems and that, to date, there is no evidence the classified network was hacked.
“In the course of assessing recent threats, we identified activity of concern on the unclassified Executive Office of the President network,” said one White House official. “We took immediate measures to evaluate and mitigate the activity. . . . Unfortunately, some of that resulted in the disruption of regular services to users. But people were on it and are dealing with it.”
The FBI, Secret Service and National Security Agency are all involved in the investigation. White House officials are not commenting on who was behind the intrusion or how much data, if any, was taken.
“Certainly a variety of actors find our networks to be attractive targets and seek access to sensitive information,” the White House official said. “We are still assessing the activity of concern.”
U.S. officials were alerted to the breach by an ally, sources said.
Recent reports by security firms have identified cyber-•espionage campaigns by Russian hackers thought to be working for the government. Targets have included NATO, the Ukrainian government and U.S. defense contractors. Russia is regarded by U.S. officials as being in the top tier of states with cyber-capabilities.
In the case of the White House, the nature of the target is consistent with a state-sponsored campaign, sources said.
The breach was discovered two to three weeks ago, sources said. Some staffers were asked to change their passwords. Intranet or VPN access was shut off for awhile, but the email system, apart from some minor delays, was never down, sources said.
White House officials said that such an intrusion was not unexpected. “On a regular basis, there are bad actors out there who are attempting to achieve intrusions into our system,” said a second White House official. “This is a constant battle for the government and our sensitive government computer systems, so it’s always a concern for us that individuals are trying to compromise systems and get access to our networks.”
The Russian intelligence service was believed to have been behind a breach of the U.S. military’s classified networks, which was discovered in 2008. The operation to contain the intrusion and clean up the computers, called Buckshot Yankee, took months.
That incident helped galvanize the effort to create U.S. Cyber Command, a military organization dedicated to defending the country’s critical computer systems — including those in the private sector — against foreign cyberattack, as well as helping combatant commanders in operations against adversaries. The command is expected to have some 6,000 personnel by 2016, officials said.
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The problem with the so called 'cyberwarfare' is that you can guess who is the attacker but you probably can't 100% sure or enough to complain formally, there is just too much ways to conceal an attack or just hire someone else to do it.
They needed this guy to counter the attack, by the looks of the perpetrator shown in the article:
[img]http://i.imgur.com/tKhnDYH.jpg[/img]
[i]National security? I got this[/i]
[QUOTE=Tsanummy;46358394]The problem with the so called 'cyberwarfare' is that you can guess who is the attacker but you probably can't 100% sure or enough to complain formally, there is just too much ways to conceal an attack or just hire someone else to do it.
They needed this guy to counter the attack, by the looks of the perpetrator shown in the article:
[img]http://i.imgur.com/tKhnDYH.jpg[/img]
[i]National security? I got this[/i][/QUOTE]
No gloves and no ski mask? Does he even hack?
[QUOTE=Riller;46358418]No gloves and no ski mask? Does he even hack?[/QUOTE]
Why do you think they got hacked in the first place?
Anyway, don't get fooled, this guy is black ops tier, he is pulling a counter-hack right now, can't you see the curved, tactical keyboard?
Anyone else get the feeling this whole "russian hacker" thing is a large order of penetration testing with a side of propaganda pie?
[QUOTE=shoobalah;46358473]Anyone else get the feeling this whole "russian hacker" thing is a large order of penetration testing with a side of propaganda pie?[/QUOTE]
No just you
The US spies on its allies. Maybe its just someone trying to be a good ally?
[QUOTE=Riller;46358418]No gloves and no ski mask? Does he even hack?[/QUOTE]
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/fZNdaV8.jpg[/IMG]
[QUOTE=Riller;46358418]No gloves and no ski mask? Does he even hack?[/QUOTE]
He is a hacker defender, one of the good guys. He can protect against FTP, ping, BitTorrent and C++ attacks
Image search hacker, in the first 10 images:
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[QUOTE=Riller;46358418]No gloves and no ski mask? Does he even hack?[/QUOTE]
Clearly he's a white hat hacker.
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Now it just needs a ski mask
I hope Russia makes an appearance in season 3 of House of Cards.
White house workers shouldn't have played dota on work computers
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the russians have hacked the federal reserve
[editline]29th October 2014[/editline]
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jesus fuck that is spooky
EVERY FUCKING HACKING STORY THIS SHIT HAPPENS
GOD DAMN IT
In my opinion the USA has lost any right to complain about cyber crimes commited against them.
[QUOTE=freakadella;46360855]In my opinion the USA has lost any right to complain about cyber crimes commited against them.[/QUOTE]
Hey Germany, how's that [url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/23/us-germany-turkey-spying-idUSKBN0GN0HW20140823]totally not spying on your allies[/url] thing going?
Yeah, everyone spies on everyone else. Generally though most governments recognize a difference between watching what your neighbors are up to and trying to break into their computer networks to steal information and damage their infrastructure.
Itt: Facepunch every time someone posts a news article involving hackers.
I never said germany was not spying on allies. I also never said that I like it.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B83KuCFhR6c[/media]
The essential hacking tutorial, most likely used by the Ruskies, needs to be removed from the internet imo
[QUOTE=Tsanummy;46358394][img]http://i.imgur.com/tKhnDYH.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
this is just someone posting on facepunch
[QUOTE=Andokool12;46361165]this is just someone posting on facepunch[/QUOTE]
I think you got that wrong. THIS is someone posting on Facepunch.
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