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0 pointsitishappy1mo ago0 comments

Honest question: how do state-sponsored attacks from China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia affect civilian life?

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Presumably, those have influenced elections, though I guess it depends what you count as an attack.

Plenty of bots try to modify public opinion. Someone hacked the DNC in 2015/16, the result of which also alleged attempted manipulation in 2008:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_National_Committee_...

Since we (as old Rummy said) do not know what we do not know, we cannot be certain about the extent of cyber attacks and what they might have influenced, and may not know these things until discoveries decades later, if ever.

conception1mo ago

Note the RNC was also hacked but the data was not leaked. Presumably used to influence the election and policies in other ways.

Henchman211mo ago

I believe the popular sentiment is that when they hacked the DNC they found a handful of things that would provide bad optics for the party. But the RNC? They found so much evidence of criminality that near to the entire party flipped positions on issues related to Russia. So we have 2x successful hacks, one of which yielded some bad press for the Dems, and yielded an entirely compromised party in the Repubs who now are being actively blackmailed.

lmm1mo ago

All of that applies equally to PRISM and any internal propaganda campaigns that was feeding into, no?

realo1mo ago

Yes... they might have influenced elections and now, as a result, the world must cope with the Trump regime.

Let's now fool ourselves.... Trump is probably the best, most successful attempt at world de-stabilisation all those rogue states ever achieved.

Ar-Curunir1mo ago

Maybe Americans should take responsibility for electing a maniac as their President. In the end, the buck stops with Americans.

Forgeties791mo ago

~1/3rd of US citizens voted for him. Don’t lump us all in.

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Henchman211mo ago

Not if the election was stolen. There was a smattering of evidence after the election but the speed with which is disappeared was truly something to behold.

asib1mo ago

WannaCry massively affected the NHS.

JackYoustra1mo ago

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simonsarris1mo ago

Presumably, those have influenced elections, though I guess it depends what you count as an attack.

Plenty of bots try to modify public opinion. Someone hacked the DNC in 2015/16, the result of which also alleged attempted manipulation in 2008:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_National_Committee_...

conception1mo ago

Note the RNC was also hacked but the data was not leaked. Presumably used to influence the election and policies in other ways.

Henchman211mo ago

lmm1mo ago

All of that applies equally to PRISM and any internal propaganda campaigns that was feeding into, no?

realo1mo ago

Yes... they might have influenced elections and now, as a result, the world must cope with the Trump regime.

Let's now fool ourselves.... Trump is probably the best, most successful attempt at world de-stabilisation all those rogue states ever achieved.

Ar-Curunir1mo ago

Maybe Americans should take responsibility for electing a maniac as their President. In the end, the buck stops with Americans.

Forgeties791mo ago

~1/3rd of US citizens voted for him. Don’t lump us all in.

2 more replies

Henchman211mo ago

Not if the election was stolen. There was a smattering of evidence after the election but the speed with which is disappeared was truly something to behold.

asib1mo ago

WannaCry massively affected the NHS.

JackYoustra1mo ago

century energy ransomware no?

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse