By Chris Strohm
U.S. investigators (click here) were able to trace the hacking of Sony Pictures Entertainment to North Korea’s intelligence agency because of sloppy tradecraft used by the attackers, according to FBI Director James Comey.
The hackers sent e-mails to Sony employees and posted material online using Internet addresses known to be used exclusively by the North Korean government, Comey said in a speech today at a cybersecurity conference in New York.
“I have very high confidence about this attribution, as does the entire intelligence community,” Comey said
The attack, which became public in November, was overseen by North Korea’s Reconnaissance General Bureau and is the most serious digital assault ever on America, U.S. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said in a separate speech at the conference. North Korea’s government has denied involvement...
Maybe putrid. That's a good word. Repulsive. A decaying mass of organic matter. That will do it for now.
James Clapper has been polluting the halls of the federal government for a long time. I suppose he was once valuable, but, in all honesty he is about the most worthless, putrid federal official that has ever existed. He has taken the invasion into privacy to all time highs and for what? NOTHING.
The federal USA government has been justifying invasion of privacy since 2001. That was about 13 and a half years ago. Do you know how many people are in the USA? How about the world? As of 2013 there were 7.125 billion human beings in the world. Within that 7.125 billion human beings only 316.1 were Americans.
13.5 years multiplied by 365 days is 4927.5 days. There are 24 hours in a day. That makes 118,260 hours since September11, 2001. There are 60 minutes in a hour, that makes 7,095,600 minutes since September 11, 2001. There are 60 seconds in a minute 425,736,000 seconds since September 11, 2001.
That would be 134.68 seconds per living citizens of the USA. That would be 2.2 minutes per citizen of the USA including children. 2.2 minutes is a long time for a computer to search any parameter.
If the USA dedicated a computer bank, LIKE THE ONE JAMES CLAPPER now has, to evaluating risk in our society and assigned a score to each person in the USA I have no doubt a very interesting picture would result.
Finding THE RISK is what intelligence is all about. The agencies know where risk takes place and defines what cumulative risk is as exists with radicalized people.
The point is there are more and more problems arising without any knowledge of PREDICTING the risk. That is a travesty to the USA. This country should be able to pull out the facts of risk everyday and know where the greatest risks of death to human beings will result. I don't care if they die in war, or on airplanes caught in turbulence, the USA for all it's investment and training should have an EXCELLENT idea of where the hot spots are going to be in the world.
Currently, the best people like James Clapper can do is state why tragedy happened and what can be done to prevent it in the future. That is NOT what he is paid for, that is what I volunteer for. As long as the common sense of any American can be satisfied with what is being done by their government that is all that has to happen.
James Clapper has lied in his capacity. This man has the veritable fortune of the American people in his hands to prevent tragedy. He lies
I have pondered how an incompetent such as Clapper can be in government for so long. I think I've got it.
Ever hear of "Key Man Risk?"
How can a government justify the security of the nation in the hands of a man that lies?
Much has been written about "Key Man Risk" (click here) - the danger to corporations that rely on one or a few individuals.
Much
has been written about ‘key man’ risk — the danger for corporations
that rely on one or a few individuals — and its impact on business
value. Fashion firms with a celebrity designer, for example, or asset
management firms with a star investment manager, are particularly
vulnerable. - See more at:
http://www.desantisbreindel.com/how-can-a-corporate-brand-minimize-%E2%80%98key-man%E2%80%99-risk/#sthash.E2qRKt6d.dpuf
Much
has been written about ‘key man’ risk — the danger for corporations
that rely on one or a few individuals — and its impact on business
value. Fashion firms with a celebrity designer, for example, or asset
management firms with a star investment manager, are particularly
vulnerable. - See more at:
http://www.desantisbreindel.com/how-can-a-corporate-brand-minimize-%E2%80%98key-man%E2%80%99-risk/#sthash.E2qRKt6d.dpuf
There are experts in regard to the North Korean hacking scandal that have come out time and again to state, this was not all that. Sony never secured their internet facilities. They filed security codes in a file named "Security Codes."
Yet, the federal authorities are very confident, although albeit, not completely confident that North Korea caused all this damage to Sony. North Korea's internet facilities comes through China. North Korea is impoverished because of their possession of nuclear weapons. I believe Kim wants to speak to South Korea in hopes of ending this hideous allegation from the USA.
If the USA is going to say North Korea was behind the hacking of women's salaries at Sony, they are also stating China was involved for allowing such activity. Therefore, there are two countries in breach of a Japanese company with files regarding Americans they employ. Do you know how completely obscure that defines USA involvement? There is nothing here. Americans were involved in a scandal with a Japanese company which practiced very loose internet security. There is no reason for the USA to be involved, yet, the Bozos with the big computers are all about this garbage.
Where were the predictions the hacking into Sony would occur? Where were the predictions of the risk France faced with the people who carried out the attacks against innocent journalists and their editors? Where were those predictions? Absent. Completely absent.
Europe and the USA exchange information all the time. We rely on each other, it also includes Australia and a multiple of other nations including Mexico to end violence in our societies. If James Clapper is going to sit on top of the largest number of computers in one building and argue who has the best information over North Korea without a reason to do so; what's next? What is going to happen next the USA and allies have on clue about.
You want to know how wars get started? Having James Clapper in the ranks of the federal government to escalate the rhetoric and propaganda to the point of convincing the voters. Clapper has to be fired. If he won't resign than kick his sorry ass out of the USA government. It am so tired of people dying when they should NEVER have to; putrid is the best word I could come up with today.
I don't give a flyin' fuck who stole all that material from Sony. Sony needs to care enough about their professionals that work hard to provide excellent entertainment to the world. Sony's problem is not mine, but, James Clapper is.
