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joost5

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76. It's not opinion. It's fact: Russia is trying to make it worse and drumpf is -again- a useful idiot.

Wed Mar 18, 2020, 05:02 PM

Mar 2020

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/18/russian-media-spreading-covid-19-disinformation

Leaked EU report says pro-Kremlin outlets seeking to aggravate public health crisis

“Pro-Kremlin media outlets have been prominent in spreading disinformation about the coronavirus, with the aim to aggravate the public health crisis in western countries, specifically by undermining public trust in national healthcare systems,” states the report, seen by the Guardian.

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I get paged for hack attempts on about 60 routers. It's up about 2000% today. [View all] Recursion Mar 2020 OP

Please update us if you get any more information. jls4561 Mar 2020 #1

Roger that (nt) Recursion Mar 2020 #2

Been seeing some Russian trolling at DU today too. lagomorph777 Mar 2020 #11

Saw some on DU yesterday B Stieg Mar 2020 #29

I've seen several on DU today. BComplex Mar 2020 #44

We could consider flagging the post, but they're fairly sly. lagomorph777 Mar 2020 #50

HEY DU ADMINs! K&R joost5 Mar 2020 #70

+1 need a way to handle Putin's trolls even when they're clever. lagomorph777 Mar 2020 #72

Kick and Recommend Mike 03 Mar 2020 #3

I am afraid we live in "interesting times". marble falls Mar 2020 #4

Update that to "interfering times." wnylib Mar 2020 #28

thanks. keep posting on this stopdiggin Mar 2020 #5

Have we heard yet who hacked Dept. of Health and Human Services? PA Democrat Mar 2020 #6

None of my contacts have any info, just "probable state actor" Recursion Mar 2020 #7

I think Russia will be one of the nations hardest hit by this virus. hunter Mar 2020 #8

Ultimate culture of denial there. Would not be surprised...nt Wounded Bear Mar 2020 #9

I have thought the fact that we are hearing nothing about the virus from Russia, ToxMarz Mar 2020 #10

Very sad for the Russian people; seems they are seriously fucked. lagomorph777 Mar 2020 #12

Impossible! They only have "4" cases! Recursion Mar 2020 #15

114 as of 5:15 pm superpatriotman Mar 2020 #17

You can't have a high number of cases if you don't test flibbitygiblets Mar 2020 #23

Or Erdogan superpatriotman Mar 2020 #25

Some eye-popping info on Russia in this thread: Sogo Mar 2020 #69

thx for posting link for more info joost5 Mar 2020 #75

They fuck up everything Cosmocat Mar 2020 #18

They are getting screwed on oil "bigly." West Texas Intermediate crude Ilsa Mar 2020 #30

:) Same here! With what's happening with gas prices, I've been Hortensis Mar 2020 #37

Hopefully rownesheck Mar 2020 #52

That isn't fair to their citizens. CaptYossarian Mar 2020 #56

See what happens when we don't occupy our high school students. mjvpi Mar 2020 #13

Is Susan Collins troubled or concerned yet? amuse bouche Mar 2020 #14

Her brows aren't even furrowed Recursion Mar 2020 #16

They see the potential for access to unprotected systems with everyone at home? progressoid Mar 2020 #19

Which is ironic, because with so much teleworking the networks are being scrutinized Recursion Mar 2020 #21

IMO Cosmocat Mar 2020 #20

+1 snort Mar 2020 #22

It's not opinion. It's fact: Russia is trying to make it worse and drumpf is -again- a useful idiot. joost5 Mar 2020 #76

a little part of me deep down inside feels like all of this is part of a coordinated attack. uncle ray Mar 2020 #24

And Dystopian Don is in on it rocktivity Mar 2020 #33

This originated in China. Duppers Mar 2020 #46

How has it been verified? It has not been traced back to any specific animal. 58Sunliner Mar 2020 #54

People are taking advantage of chaos jberryhill Mar 2020 #51

Naomi Klein's. The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism. Pay attention to what is being usaf-vet Mar 2020 #55

And part of me agrees. orangecrush Mar 2020 #67

Bookmarked. MontanaMama Mar 2020 #26

Similar here. It's thick out there. defacto7 Mar 2020 #27

Mind sharing where you're located? CaptainTruth Mar 2020 #36

Chernobyl 2.0 AlexSFCA Mar 2020 #31

First the Coronavirus, then the computer virus rocktivity Mar 2020 #32

K&R PatSeg Mar 2020 #34

Any chance you could please keep us updated? BadGimp Mar 2020 #35

Yes, extremely interesting and thank you. Hortensis Mar 2020 #38

I guess I'm officially "old," but I remember when the first systems sent pages. CaptainTruth Mar 2020 #39

KRBookmark Hekate Mar 2020 #40

Foreign actors or conservative actors wanting to downplay a "media & Democratic hoax"? Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2020 #41

I have noticed odd behavior in debit and credit transactions at work the last few days pecosbob Mar 2020 #42

2nd message on my answering machine this week AnotherDreamWeaver Mar 2020 #49

People should start reading books if they're bored elias7 Mar 2020 #43

I wonder if they are taking advantage of companies ThoughtCriminal Mar 2020 #45

Good point. nt Duppers Mar 2020 #47

Makes sense. From what we know, why wouldn't they? yonder Mar 2020 #64

The malware Coronavirus maps certainly aren't helping. MoonlitKnight Mar 2020 #48

So can you explain a little more for those of us non-techy folks? How is it you are Amaryllis Mar 2020 #53

I'm a sysadmin so it's my job Recursion Mar 2020 #58

Thanks. Must be interesting to watch the trends. Amaryllis Mar 2020 #59

For about a week maybe :) Recursion Mar 2020 #60

Probably likek many things that sound interesting to outsiders but quickly become Amaryllis Mar 2020 #62

Lots of hefty outages today..... KY_EnviroGuy Mar 2020 #68

thanks for the info hkp11 Mar 2020 #57

Cyber attacks are targeting response organizations. There are truly bad people in the world. n/t Cognitive_Resonance Mar 2020 #61

My clients are all logistics companies Recursion Mar 2020 #63

RU phone calls about 2 a day! StClone Mar 2020 #65

Pro Patria Vigilans orangecrush Mar 2020 #66

K & R for exposure. SunSeeker Mar 2020 #71

Why Arent You... jayfish Mar 2020 #73

Because my clients have customers in Russia and China (nt) Recursion Mar 2020 #74

It's A PITA But... jayfish Mar 2020 #78

👍 uponit7771 Mar 2020 #79

Russians are checking out the voting rockfordfile Mar 2020 #77