Snowden says Russia ‘probably responsible’ for NSA hack NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden reckons Russia is the most likely suspect behind the leak of advanced hacking tools allegedly stolen from an elite NSA hacking unit. He postulates a complex motive for the leak involving gaining diplomatic leverage that wouldn’t look out of place in a modern retelling of a John le Carré novel. …
The homeopathic variety could dilute the Po to an insignificant amount so the targeted individual _might_ survive. Of course the administering homeopath would poison him/herself in the process but that wouldn't be a big loss.
Two reputable sources:
http://vitals.lifehacker.com/what-homeopathy-is-and-why-its-useless-1795694290
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeopathy
"He carries on biting the hand that is currently feeding him"
The real question: is he?
Don't assume that someones motivations (or intentions) are always negative when they're spreading negative (or critical) comments. I can easily turn this around: this could also show you the superiority of Mother Russia over the NSA, and I doubt that premier Poetin couldn't be flattered with that.
So long as Snowden doesn't directly attack Putin in a personal way I'll bet Putin considers granting Snowden asylum from the big bad US who wants to charge him with treason to more than make up for any criticism of Russia and its actions (though I agree, this 'criticism' can also be taken as a compliment, depending on how you look at it)
"He carries on biting the hand that is currently feeding him...." Nah, he's just trying to drum up some more business (I'm guessing the FSB pension hasn't kicked in yet). And trusting Snowjob to impartially discuss the spooks is a bit like trusting Shrillary to be honest about Wall Street!
"Children, enough."
But he started it sir!
"Feeling the Bern or just not liking the fact your "hero" is making a living off his treachery? LOL, so funny how exposing some simple facts gets you lot so worked up and frothing!"
You've completely lost the plot Twatt. I was simply mocking your incessant and increasingly pathetic little names, how you extrapolated all that from my post is a mystery that not even Hawking (or as you'd probably call him Dorking) would be able to fathom.
Sometimes, just sometimes, you make very good points Twatt, but then you go and ruin it all with your pathetic name calling, little jibes and other such nonsense. As I said before, isn't it about time you grew up and actually had an adult discussion instead of more often than not invalidating your own arguments, not because they may be wrong, but by mere virtue of expressing yourself like a Grade-A mod edit, no C-word on El Reg?
mod edit - no, really, children, drop it.
Confused about what? The only one confused here is you... I'm from the UK you country of birth misidentifying moron, I couldn't care less what you post about Hillary or anyone else. Again, how you've extrapolated that I would be a supporter of Clinton shall forever remain a mystery to those of us capable of rational thought.
To whomever is modding this thread: Please stop editing my posts and claiming that the word "cunt" isn't allowed on El Reg; 1460 un-modded uses of "cunt" at forums.theregister.co.uk would disagree with you.
"Confused about what?...." Well, going by your posts, there's a lot of material to cover there! Unfortunately, El Mod didn't like my post poking fun at US institutions paying Snowjob for "speaking", so you only saw the bit taking the Mick out of Clinton supporters, but what you are confused about is that I am not specifically mocking Clinton supporters but all unquestioning, blind faith supporters. You were too busy frothing to realise I was poking fun at your blind, unquestioning faith in Snowjob. Maybe you'd recognize that trait in yourself more in this clip? Poking fun at Snowjob is even easier when he makes hypocritical statements about "I don't want to live in a society that does these sort of things" when he hides in Russia, where Putin is a totalitarian dictator in all but title. Yeah, I can see why you might be upset at anyone daring to make fun of your "hero".
"....I'm from the UK ...." True, Hillary Clinton just makes it too easy to poke fun, but maybe an example of similar behavior in the UK might actually be of interest? Not interested in rabble-rousing politicians? OK, I'm betting from your Snowjob luv that this will make you froth some more (hey, and no-one mention Sweden and "extradition"!). Enjoy!
@TheRegister - Even in your own linked article you assert:
"The breach, if Kaspersky's analysis is correct, does not mean the NSA has been hacked or compromised in a traditional sense."
I guess you could not resist the sensationalized headline on a quiet IT news day maybe. In other news we have won lots of medals in the Olympics!
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If it was the NSA, they can hardly have their 'hacking tools' hosted at www.nsa.gov/scr1ptz can they?
It looks like this server was a sort of 'forward operating base', where someone could hack someone else, without it being easy to trace back.
The server was probably supposed to be wiped, but someone must have forgotten/screwed up, showing that the NSA (or whoever) has fallible sysadmins just like everywhere else.
"If it was the NSA, they can hardly have their 'hacking tools' hosted at www.nsa.gov/scr1ptz can they?"
NSA dude: " Sure we can put them on the interwebs. Just use a noindex meta tag to stop Google finding them. Job done!"
(Anon because the black helicopters frighten the chickens and then I don't get fresh eggs for breakfast. That's not something I want to experience again. )
“warning that someone can prove US responsibility for any attacks that originated from this malware server”. “This may be an effort to influence the calculus of decision-makers wondering how sharply to respond to the DNC hacks,”Is he implying the DNC was hacked from the NSA malware servers?
> Is he implying the DNC was hacked from the NSA malware servers?
No, but what he's saying is that the NSA also still has a few corpses in the closet that the public isn't quite aware about.
Just as the US is pretty sure about the origin of probably most the more public hacking-cases, Russia likewise has a good understanding of the cases where NSA is involved (and their involvement with Unit 8200 in Israel or with GCHQ etc).
So, what FSB is saying is "Tovaritch, let's turn it down a little with the tweets denouncing Russian involvement in the DNC hack. Before somebody says something that they'll regret the next day."
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