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Tibs, I would merely point out that there are two possibilities. Either the folks at Colonial are so monumentally stupid that they probably ought not to be allowed to manage a resource so valuable to American interests OR folks at Colonial are so corrupt that they either participated in, or allowed to occur an attack on their systems that compromised a resource so valuable to American interests.
At the end of the day, you get to pick one. The suggested course forward is the same either way. If/when the U.S. gets actual leadership again, this looks like an excellent eminent domain candidate. Take it from the folks who run it and assign it to somebody who takes the job seriously.
edit: (P.S. we are all noticing that NONE of this **** happened under Trump. You know... leadership.) Deny all you want, vegetable is utterly useless. You know it. I know it. Everyone knows it.
At the end of the day, you get to pick one. The suggested course forward is the same either way. If/when the U.S. gets actual leadership again, this looks like an excellent eminent domain candidate. Take it from the folks who run it and assign it to somebody who takes the job seriously.
edit: (P.S. we are all noticing that NONE of this **** happened under Trump. You know... leadership.) Deny all you want, vegetable is utterly useless. You know it. I know it. Everyone knows it.
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Um, yeah.
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August 2020. Ukrainian officials announced that a Russian hacking group had begun to conduct a phishing campaign in preparations for operations on Ukraine’s independence day
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And the list goes on and on, under the stellar leadership in place before President Biden showed up.
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I do believe it appears that Beijing Joe and his administration were consulted and approved the ransom payout. As Wig said, what a dangerous precedent. Throughout our history, we don’t negotiate and pay ransoms. Leave it to the Left to cave, pay it out, and turn us into a target for much more of this in the future.
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Wow, I know you love pulling **** out of your ***, taking a good, long sniff to make sure it stinks, then posting it here, but this one really takes the cake.
The Biden administration 'approved' the randsom payout? Are you ready to back up that claim, Timothy? Some way, some how?
Colonial Pipeline Paid a $5M Ransom—and Kept a Vicious Cycle Turning
Stopping payments would go a long way to stopping ransomware. But the choice is never quite so easy.
Wow, I know you love pulling **** out of your ***, taking a good, long sniff to make sure it stinks, then posting it here, but this one really takes the cake.
The Biden administration 'approved' the randsom payout? Are you ready to back up that claim, Timothy? Some way, some how?
Colonial Pipeline Paid a $5M Ransom—and Kept a Vicious Cycle Turning
Stopping payments would go a long way to stopping ransomware. But the choice is never quite so easy.www.wired.com
Let me re-post part of what you shared:
In a briefing on Thursday, White House press secretary Jen Pskai emphasized in general that the US government encourages victims not to pay. Others in the administration struck a more measured note. “Colonial is a private company and we’ll defer information regarding their decision on paying a ransom to them,” said Anne Neuberger, deputy national security adviser for cyber and emerging technologies, in a press briefing on Monday. She added that ransomware victims “face a very difficult situation and they have to just balance often the cost-benefit when they have no choice with regards to paying a ransom.”
What does this say? It says emphatically that they left the decision up to Colonial. Now we can only surmise if there were back channel comms between the two.
But the fact that the White House specifically did NOT intervene and allowed a private business to pay the ransom is allowing it to happen, it's indirectly endorsing it.
Biden WH Response on Paying Ransom for Pipeline Attack Is More Than a Little Concerning
Biden WH is so incredibly weak...
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Let’s listen to Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technology Anne Neuberger explain that whether or not Colonial Pipeline pays ransom to these attackers is a “private sector decision” when a reporter asks what they are going to do about it and what’s the timeline for this problem being addressed.
Now, there are a lot of things to consider in such an attack, but when it’s a pipeline that is so critical to our infrastructure you don’t just fluff it off as if it really doesn’t matter, as though we don’t really give a darn or the impact isn’t significant to the country. They didn’t give the company any input or express an opinion? This is a national security issue and a serious federal crime. If you encourage the payment of ransom, you encourage similar attacks.
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Lol, that's what I thought. You ditched what you wrote, very specifically, 'consulted and approved the ransom payout,' and went fishing for something more realistic.
Good on you, at least you didn't double down on such an idiotic statement. Kudos.
Good on you, at least you didn't double down on such an idiotic statement. Kudos.
Our pipelines are MAJOR infrastructure elements of our society. No different than our power grids, water supplies.
Do you mean to tell me that you believe that when a terrorist attack striked the heart of the United States infrastructure - that the White House has no involvement? None. At all??
That is idiotic thinking.
Here's how I read it. One of two things happened:
1. I'm right, and the White House was consulted and/or weighed in directly with Colonial on how to respond. If so, they aren't advertising as such so as to not be the center of blame for any of the fall out for the decision and ensuing ransom payment.
2. I am wrong, and the White House truly deferred the decision making on recovering from a terrorist attack to a single private company to handle on their own.
If #2 is really what happened, I'm FAR more concerned about this administration running our country.
As has been stated before, this isn't about asking for big government or more government. One of Government's critical responsibilities is safety and defense. If #2 is correct, they didn't honor their obligation to our citizens.
Shame.
what should be concerning is the ransom (or as Barista Boy says, randsom) amount being so low.
$5 million when you have the company by the balls, short hairs and are emphatically pushing their sphincter into their esophagus daily? the company has $3.1 billion in assets. This is akin to a street corner bum asking you for loose change.
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that should be alarming for all of us - regardless of political leaning.
$5 million when you have the company by the balls, short hairs and are emphatically pushing their sphincter into their esophagus daily? the company has $3.1 billion in assets. This is akin to a street corner bum asking you for loose change.
Cyber-Ransom Of $5m ‘Nothing’ To Colonial Pipeline, Which Has Paid Hundreds Of Millions In Dividends To Billionaire Koch Family
It’s cold comfort that the DarkSide hackers are “apolitical” and didn’t intend to cause social havoc.
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that should be alarming for all of us - regardless of political leaning.
Whoever was behind it, needs to be friggin publicly outed, tried, and sentenced to death with the country sponsoring it outed as well as I'm sure it caused more than a few deaths for whatever reason. That's a pretty good incentive to not take part in crimes like this. You also know the Feds have a lot more information than they are willing to share which is another thing that needs to change.what should be concerning is the ransom (or as Barista Boy says, randsom) amount being so low.
$5 million when you have the company by the balls, short hairs and are emphatically pushing their sphincter into their esophagus daily? the company has $3.1 billion in assets. This is akin to a street corner bum asking you for loose change.
Cyber-Ransom Of $5m ‘Nothing’ To Colonial Pipeline, Which Has Paid Hundreds Of Millions In Dividends To Billionaire Koch Family
It’s cold comfort that the DarkSide hackers are “apolitical” and didn’t intend to cause social havoc.
that should be alarming for all of us - regardless of political leaning.
what should be concerning is the ransom (or as Barista Boy says, randsom) amount being so low.
$5 million when you have the company by the balls, short hairs and are emphatically pushing their sphincter into their esophagus daily? the company has $3.1 billion in assets. This is akin to a street corner bum asking you for loose change.
Cyber-Ransom Of $5m ‘Nothing’ To Colonial Pipeline, Which Has Paid Hundreds Of Millions In Dividends To Billionaire Koch Family
It’s cold comfort that the DarkSide hackers are “apolitical” and didn’t intend to cause social havoc.
hat should be alarming for all of us - regardless of political leaning.
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No worries. Biden makes sure that the people he employs are just as smart as he is.
No she didn't.......
****. She did.
Oh...my....God. Joe is contagious and it's wearing off on his staff.
It's called the Moronavirus and it's decimating our population.
It's been on the loose for a long time...I think it started during the disco years. Quite possibly much earlier.
The SN IT people would know better than me but maybe it's time that critical operations systems computers are not connected to the internets and be separate from company email systems.
we're working on that at the moment. Phase 2 will be to ensure that IPs belonging to Ron Burgundy are not consuming traffic, nefarious or otherwise. Coolietard is on Phase 1.
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The Biden stimulus will mostly hit in the 2nd QTR, had little to do with 1st QTR GDP. Obama drastically brought deficits down from the massive one he inherited from Bush.
I expect Biden will do the same.
I expect Biden will do the same.
Hey, trillions in deficit ***** boy....how are you with Biden spending/or laying plans to spend $6Trillion in his first 150 days and the rising inflation? You DO REALIZE that his spending is causing the inflation, right? So you think more of it is what we need?
You are a freaking genius man. A stunning intellect.
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