Plot Thickens in Criminal Hacking/Spy Ring (Not Russians) Probe of Dem House Staffers

originally posted by: xuenchen

They have fled to Pakistan since the investigation started

Continued: Part 3!

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a reply to: burntheships

Paki Stan is one of the countries that candidate Trump named as one who gets a lot of money from America, but returns very little in the way of benefit to America.

A scramble at Cisco exposes uncomfortable truths about U.S. cyber defense

That a major U.S. company had to rely on WikiLeaks to learn about security problems well-known to U.S. intelligence agencies underscores concerns expressed by dozens of current and former U.S. intelligence and security officials about the government's approach to cybersecurity.

That policy overwhelmingly emphasizes offensive cyber-security capabilities over defensive measures, these people told Reuters, even as an increasing number of U.S. organizations have been hit by hacks attributed to foreign governments.

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Across the federal government, about 90 percent of all spending on cyber programs is dedicated to offensive efforts, including penetrating the computer systems of adversaries, listening to communications and developing the means to disable or degrade infrastructure, senior intelligence officials told Reuters.