CIA systems 'hacked' by googling. Dozens of informants globally killed as result (opens in new tab)

(yahoo.com)

32 pointsasax7y ago9 comments

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According to the article the Iranians used advanced Google techniques like the "AND", and "OR" operators. Truly sophisticated work.

gowld7y ago

The CIA put their top-secret info on the public Internet, because password-protecting it was too inconvenient. Then adversaries found the info. US intelligence services treating foreign informants as expendable, as always. Also seen when US abandoned Afghan translators to be killed by Taliban.

Alupis7y ago

I dought it's inconvenience... Most likely a form of incompetence, at some level, in some department. Everyone can recognize the severity of this information leaking to "enemies of the state".

The time-old saying applies here: "Never assume malice with what can readily be explained by incompetence".

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onetimemanytime7y ago

The dead agents and the dismantled spy network show that it worked. Why complicate things, when "AND" + "OR" work just fine? Someone screws up and a site is offline in certain regions for x hours. CIA screws up and people are dead, not to mention sources, work in progress regarding industrial espionage, arms sales etc etc.

zaroth7y ago

Truly, truly; pathetic. Several dozen people at least knew better and instead of fixing it, tried to bury the guy who raised the alarm.

The IG had this information and didn’t act. Completely mind-blowing. Dozens of agents/assets killed. An entire class exploded.

Truly, a national embarassment and of course no one is going to jail.

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slededit7y ago

According to the article the Iranians used advanced Google techniques like the "AND", and "OR" operators. Truly sophisticated work.

gowld7y ago

Alupis7y ago

I dought it's inconvenience... Most likely a form of incompetence, at some level, in some department. Everyone can recognize the severity of this information leaking to "enemies of the state".

The time-old saying applies here: "Never assume malice with what can readily be explained by incompetence".

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onetimemanytime7y ago

zaroth7y ago

Truly, truly; pathetic. Several dozen people at least knew better and instead of fixing it, tried to bury the guy who raised the alarm.

The IG had this information and didn’t act. Completely mind-blowing. Dozens of agents/assets killed. An entire class exploded.

Truly, a national embarassment and of course no one is going to jail.

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