The hack of an NSA malware staging server is not unprecedented, but the publication of the take is. Here's what you need to know: (1/x)
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8) Circumstantial evidence and conventional wisdom indicates Russian responsibility. Here's why that is significant:
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9) This leak is likely a warning that someone can prove US responsibility for any attacks that originated from this malware server.
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10) That could have significant foreign policy consequences. Particularly if any of those operations targeted US allies.
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11) Particularly if any of those operations targeted elections.
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12) Accordingly, this may be an effort to influence the calculus of decision-makers wondering how sharply to respond to the DNC hacks.
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13) TL;DR: This leak looks like a somebody sending a message that an escalation in the attribution game could get messy fast.
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Bonus: When I came forward, NSA would have migrated offensive operations to new servers as a precaution - it's cheap and easy. So? So...
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The undetected hacker squatting on this NSA server lost access in June 2013. Rare public data point on the positive results of the leak.
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You're welcome,
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@Snowden Liar. I don't know how you can sleep at night.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@JanieBlakely This isn't so much about intelligence as it is about a statement.
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We do have a Democrat currently in the White House. His political party got hacked. Reminds me of a game of chess. Not at checkmate
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whistle blowers like Snowden are hero's that are one of the few ways of stopping & Orwellian future, who would comment against that
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parency or admittance is a show of weakness, instead of acknowledging the opposite. The American way...one of them...
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sometimes tough guys bluff when they got nothin' else. Either comfortable, privileged, lazy or stupid enough to believe that trans-
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Ohh.....!!!
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Creo que aquí no existe la diplomacia. Puede ser un mentira encubierta. Como el lobo que lame su mano. Es lobo, al fin te comerá..
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