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"Hey, maybe even knowing this much means the government knows more?"
No. You just come in with the: "This doesn't seem right. Isn't the NSA basically on college 101 level?"
Dude, they did it. Dutch intel even pwn3d their networks and video cameras.
This is the case tied to Kaspersky.
> But he had installed on his home computer antivirus software made by Kaspersky Lab, a top Russian software company, and Russian hackers are believed to have exploited the software to steal the documents, the officials said.
> It is not clear whether anyone at Kaspersky Lab was aware of the document theft. The company has acknowledged finding N.S.A. hacking software on a customer’s computer and removing it, but says the material was subsequently destroyed. It has denied that it works with Russian intelligence.
> The sensitivity of the case was evident on Friday, when one courtroom official described the charges against Mr. Pho as “super-sealed” before the hearing. The aggressive hacking of American targets by the Russian government, including the Democratic National Committee during last year’s election campaign, is a high-priority concern for the United States, and forensic information from Mr. Pho’s computer might provide useful clues.
HINT: Its similar to Reddit's.
Jeffery Carr wrote about Milner's ties to the FSB/KGB in 2011
http://archive.li/2Lv1b#selection-549.14-549.39
...and got fired from Forbes Magazine for writing about it...
https://twitter.com/JamesFourM/status/915361529012289536
Theres certainly a major back story here.
http://archive.li/2Lv1b#selection-549.14-549.39
...and got fired from Forbes Magazine for writing about it...
Who didn't see this coming?
Jesus.
FYI, apparently in 2009, they were so broke that they couldn't find funding and relied heavily on a few Russian oligarchs to help fund their growth.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/27/technology/internet/27face...
Zuckerberg even met with the Russian president Medvedev too around the time of the IPO:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-usmanov/facebook...
Thats not whistleblowing.
http://observer.com/2016/08/the-real-russian-mole-inside-nsa...
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/01/world/europe/wikileaks-jul...
the US Government is playing a different game right now. Play time is over.