The Perfect Weapon: How Russian Cyberpower Invaded the U.S. - The New York Times
WASHINGTON — When Special Agent Adrian Hawkins of the Federal Bureau of Investigation called the Democratic National Committee in September 2015 to pass along some troubling news about its computer network, he was transferred, naturally, to the help desk. His message was brief, if alarming. At least one computer system belonging to the D.N.C. had been compromised by hackers federal investigators had named “the Dukes,” a cyberespionage team linked to the Russian government. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/13/us/politics/russia-hack-election-dnc.html?emc=edit_ta_20161213&nlid=65658228&ref=cta&_r=0 If this can happen to Americans how prepared are we? Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi Sent from my iPad
Ali, I hope we are not forgetting the allegations that state agents actually solicited to be hacked. Remember the controversy of the hacking team? https://www.wikileaks.org/hackingteam/emails/?q=kensi.org https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.rfi.fr/en/africa/20150717-kenyan-government... I remember the street protests that followed the late Minister Michuki's remarks, "you cannot rape a woman who is already too willing". Is Kenya already too willing? Regards On Wednesday, 14 December 2016, Ali Hussein via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
WASHINGTON — When Special Agent Adrian Hawkins of the Federal Bureau of Investigation called the Democratic National Committee in September 2015 to pass along some troubling news about its computer network, he was transferred, naturally, to the help desk.
His message was brief, if alarming. At least one computer system belonging to the D.N.C. had been compromised by hackers federal investigators had named “the Dukes <https://labsblog.f-secure.com/2015/09/17/the-dukes-7-years-of-russian-cyber-espionage/>,” a cyberespionage team linked to the Russian government. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/13/us/politics/russia-hack- election-dnc.html?emc=edit_ta_20161213&nlid=65658228&ref=cta&_r=0
If this can happen to Americans how prepared are we?
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Indeed. Quite true.. #SittingDucks is what we are.. Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi Sent from my iPad
On 14 Dec 2016, at 11:45 AM, Mwendwa Kivuva <Kivuva@transworldafrica.com> wrote:
Ali,
I hope we are not forgetting the allegations that state agents actually solicited to be hacked. Remember the controversy of the hacking team? https://www.wikileaks.org/hackingteam/emails/?q=kensi.org
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.rfi.fr/en/africa/20150717-kenyan-government...
I remember the street protests that followed the late Minister Michuki's remarks, "you cannot rape a woman who is already too willing". Is Kenya already too willing?
Regards
On Wednesday, 14 December 2016, Ali Hussein via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: WASHINGTON — When Special Agent Adrian Hawkins of the Federal Bureau of Investigation called the Democratic National Committee in September 2015 to pass along some troubling news about its computer network, he was transferred, naturally, to the help desk.
His message was brief, if alarming. At least one computer system belonging to the D.N.C. had been compromised by hackers federal investigators had named “the Dukes,” a cyberespionage team linked to the Russian government.
If this can happen to Americans how prepared are we?
Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113
Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim
"Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi
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-- ______________________ Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya twitter.com/lordmwesh
“cyberpower proved the perfect weapon: cheap, hard to see coming, hard to trace.” - from the article From: kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+awatila=yahoo.co.uk@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Ali Hussein via kictanet Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2016 7:43 AM To: awatila@yahoo.co.uk Cc: Ali Hussein <ali@hussein.me.ke> Subject: [kictanet] The Perfect Weapon: How Russian Cyberpower Invaded the U.S. - The New York Times WASHINGTON — When Special Agent Adrian Hawkins of the Federal Bureau of Investigation called the Democratic National Committee in September 2015 to pass along some troubling news about its computer network, he was transferred, naturally, to the help desk. His message was brief, if alarming. At least one computer system belonging to the D.N.C. had been compromised by hackers federal investigators had named “the Dukes <https://labsblog.f-secure.com/2015/09/17/the-dukes-7-years-of-russian-cyber-espionage/> ,” a cyberespionage team linked to the Russian government. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/13/us/politics/russia-hack-election-dnc.html?... <http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/13/us/politics/russia-hack-election-dnc.html?emc=edit_ta_20161213&nlid=65658228&ref=cta&_r=0> &nlid=65658228&ref=cta&_r=0 If this can happen to Americans how prepared are we? Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi Sent from my iPad
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