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FBI makes it official: Russia is attacking US energy, water, critical systems

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52 pointsjohnshades18 comments

Surprised how many russian plants are posting here. Very common well known fact Russia is and has been spying and attacking our infrastructure it's been reported by every administration red or blue

I tend to trust well written, sensical, questioning comments more than less well written, accusatory ones.

Is this when the public starts to accept that Russia is at war with the United States and demand action?

Hopefully not, given that starting a real war is never in the interest of the people. This entire topic is a convenient rebranding that distracts from the apparent gross negligence of the administrators of these critical systems.

>This entire topic is a convenient rebranding that distracts from the apparent gross negligence of the administrators of these critical systems.

Ok, Ivan.

> Ok, Ivan.

Ok, Donald.

How would Russian govt benefit from this? I only see immediate negative effects - sanctions and other punitive measures.

How did intel even conclude that Russian govt itself is behind this? A healthy dose of skepticism is necessary, otherwise it sounds like Iraq v2

Yes, looks more like an excuse to to fix an old overstretched infrastructures.

But why? What’s the point? ELI5 please.

I just simply do not believe that the Russian government is behind this (I also do not believe that Kaspersky Antivirus is evil either). This smells like another false flag that the government creates before going to war. It has a tendency of doing that.

Since Energy and Water is a potential terrorist target for a very long time it should have the best security one can find and anyone being able to break in is a reason to be ashamed and to fire a couple of guys.

When it comes to Russia's interference in the US, you'll have to excuse my incredulousness in the case of "mhkool vs the bulk of the global intelligence community"

What has changed in the intelligence “community” since they lied about WMDs in Iraq? How have they earned back the trust of the American people?

there's a massive disinformation campaign ongoing

I'm sure most people are unaware that the Smith Mundt Act was repealed, which allows the US Government to promote propoganda to US ctizens.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith%E2%80%93Mundt_Act

So you believe that the FBI and DHS are trying to set up World War 3?

It’s not that black and white. There could be hostile factions within institutions that want America and Russia to go to war...

Certainly wouldn't be the first time a Gubment agency's done such things.

True, but despite all the chances they have had they haven't started a new world war since nuclear weapons proliferated. Why would they now?

You're undermining your own intellectual credibility using a childish term like "Gubment" here.

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