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Qatar: FBI says Russian hackers 'planted fake news story' that led to crisis

26 pointsby asymmetricalmost 8 years ago

5 comments

te_chrisalmost 8 years ago
Good thing cool heads always prevail and there's no one reactionary in a position of influence, sending stupid tweets and stirring things up without understanding what's happening.
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upofadownalmost 8 years ago
The original CNN article here:<p>* <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;edition.cnn.com&#x2F;2017&#x2F;06&#x2F;06&#x2F;politics&#x2F;russian-hackers-planted-fake-news-qatar-crisis&#x2F;index.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;edition.cnn.com&#x2F;2017&#x2F;06&#x2F;06&#x2F;politics&#x2F;russian-hackers-p...</a><p>So it is someone saying that an FBI investigation has revealed something:<p>&gt;Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman al-Thani told CNN the FBI has confirmed the hack and the planting of fake news.<p>Other than that it is all unnamed &quot;government sources&quot;.
redwoodalmost 8 years ago
Very hard to know what is real on this one. Nevertheless I consider it outrageous that this &quot;country&quot; (more like natural gas indentured servant city state and chief backer of numerous questionable militant causes) was awarded the World Cup and hope that is somehow reversed.
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dagenlegalmost 8 years ago
&gt; “We’re getting tired of reacting to unsubstantiated banalities,” Andrei Krutskikh, a Kremlin adviser on cybersecurity, told the Interfax news agency. “Whatever happens it is hackers. It’s a stale claim and as ever, there is zero evidence, and conclusions are drawn before the incident is even investigated,” he said.
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govi44almost 8 years ago
Russian hacker people can&#x27;t you guys get people to dig wells, build schools or something?<p>How does anyone get their kicks doing this stuff? What sort of underdeveloped imagination do these people have? I mean if you have the technical skills and geopolitical sense to do this why can&#x27;t these people find better quality work?
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