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Ghost Dog

(16,881 posts) Sun Feb 20, 2022, 06:02 AM Feb 2022

Attribution to Russia of malicious cyber activity against Ukraine [View all]

Source: Australian Foreign Ministry

... In consultation with our partners, the Australian Government assesses that the GRU was responsible for these distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks...

... The global community must be prepared to shine a light on malicious cyber activity and hold the actors responsible to account..

Read more: https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/marise-payne/media-release/attribution-russia-malicious-cyber-activity-against-ukraine

Would it be too much to ask to see the evidence (indeed, shine a light) on which this assessment is based? These were not sensitive secure systems, these were website servers that suffered the type of DDoS attack just about any competent hacker could pull off, without leaving a trace, as far as I understand these things... So these purported GRU guys must be rather incompetent, as well as limited in maliciousness and scope.

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Attribution to Russia of malicious cyber activity against Ukraine [View all] Ghost Dog Feb 2022 OP

I'm unclear, are you suggesting it didn't happen? FreepFryer Feb 2022 #1

Ditto from this poster. Why are we jumping to suggest our allies are lying, rather than Putin? hlthe2b Feb 2022 #9

Unfortunately Australia is currently in the grip of anti-Russia and anti-China sentiment - Aussie105 Feb 2022 #2

It is recognisable, isn't it. Ghost Dog Feb 2022 #3

Denialist propaganda. (Nt) FreepFryer Feb 2022 #5

Because of course we should defend Putin and assume our allies are lying instead. That's what FOX hlthe2b Feb 2022 #10

Maybe because Russia & China have been our adversaries (for US, Australia and other western Allies) hlthe2b Feb 2022 #13

I resent the both sider ism of this. Tetrachloride Feb 2022 #4

Did you know there were approximately 5.4 million DDoS attacks in 1H 2021 Ghost Dog Feb 2022 #6

Why are you here? hlthe2b Feb 2022 #11

Some of us, pre-Iraq, could see through the propaganda Ghost Dog Feb 2022 #16

This isn't Iraq. Biden isn't Bush. Biden isn't Trump. And this is Putin threatening war, not the US. hlthe2b Feb 2022 #17

Could you provide a link to where Ghost Dog Feb 2022 #21

Of for god's sakes Even you can't believe what you are saying. Despicable propaganda hlthe2b Feb 2022 #23

Most American RW media is painful to read, Ghost Dog Feb 2022 #28

Accusing BIden, his administration, NATO of psyops is straight from RW media. It has no place here. hlthe2b Feb 2022 #18

It's standard operating procedure... Ghost Dog Feb 2022 #24

Everyone but Putin. Gotcha. Every NATO nation, Ukrainian President, evey single involved individual hlthe2b Feb 2022 #25

I said "all sides". Putin's administration is also playing the game. Ghost Dog Feb 2022 #26

Fail hlthe2b Feb 2022 #27

Have you read the draft Treaty? Ghost Dog Feb 2022 #29

Hear hear Beakybird Feb 2022 #7

+1. (Nt) FreepFryer Feb 2022 #8

+++ hlthe2b Feb 2022 #12

agent provocateur? nvme Feb 2022 #14

If you so choose. Ghost Dog Feb 2022 #15

Shame on you. Where is your proof that the Biden administration, NATO or anyone other than Putin hlthe2b Feb 2022 #19

Oh, I don't think "our" side really wants to provoke a war, Ghost Dog Feb 2022 #20

Where is your proof the west, NATO, the US is provoking war, not defending peace? WHERE? hlthe2b Feb 2022 #22

I am defending war-mongering? Ghost Dog Feb 2022 #30

You and your Putin-supporting conspiracy theories have wasted far too much of my time as well hlthe2b Feb 2022 #31