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3 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

If you see people quoting this guy:

Just a reminder about his predictions for the war.

 

Oh it's been a Sputnik moment to be sure, this is what happens when 1960's tech meets 2020's farmers with modern tech.  

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4 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

Holy fuck the BMP-2 is claustrophobic as fuck. And there were fuel tanks built into the back doors/hatches.  They get hit, you've got to go through burning fuel to get out.

@RDCanecutter you may appreciate this.

Inside a Bradley for comparison

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Group coffins, all armor at this point.  Might as well be signing up for your own cremation.  Hopefully you get 10% off for a group rate.  

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1 hour ago, atomheartbevo said:

If you see people quoting this guy:

Just a reminder about his predictions for the war.

 

That guy is a Russian intelligence asset.  Literally. He did a fellowship at MGIMO, was embedded within Russia’s foreign ministry, and he created a website designed to influence U.S. politics in cooperation with Russian intelligence. Now he’s a guest on an American news network to talk about Russia.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/the-report-was-actually-called-shower-of-falsehoods   

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"I was the primary person involved in writing the content of the report, but the project was a collective effort that drew on the expertise of likeminded professionals, both for sourcing and analysis," Ehrlich said in an email to BuzzFeed News. "Some of those people work inside Russia's foreign-ministry and/or intelligence community, but the site was not created with the approval of anyone in Russia's government."

 

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19 minutes ago, 956 Worldwide said:

That guy is a Russian intelligence asset.  Literally. He did a fellowship at MGIMO, was embedded within Russia’s foreign ministry, and he created a website designed to influence U.S. politics in cooperation with Russian intelligence. Now he’s a guest on an American news network to talk about Russia.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/the-report-was-actually-called-shower-of-falsehoods   

 

of course he sold supplements

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Seeing a lot of galaxy brain takes about Zelenskyy’s decision to suspend some political parties and consolidate broadcasting during a period of national law.  The sort of head up your own rectum analysis and comparison only possible from citizens of countries that have never seen foreign boots on their soil. 
 

 

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21 minutes ago, 956 Worldwide said:

Seeing a lot of galaxy brain takes about Zelenskyy’s decision to suspend some political parties and consolidate broadcasting during a period of national law.  The sort of head up your own rectum analysis and comparison only possible from citizens of countries that have never seen foreign boots on their soil. 
 

 

Who have also advocated martial law for minor civil unrest, or supported leaders who did.

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41 minutes ago, 956 Worldwide said:

Seeing a lot of galaxy brain takes about Zelenskyy’s decision to suspend some political parties and consolidate broadcasting during a period of national law.  The sort of head up your own rectum analysis and comparison only possible from citizens of countries that have never seen foreign boots on their soil. 
 

 

To me its a question of practicality -- will it work like Z wants it to? Seems it would just drive subversive efforts underground, and it might be smarter to keep a light shined on it. Edit, I have no idea what the real situation is there, so I'm not advocating either way.

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10 minutes ago, Parliament said:

Why would you put fuel tanks right at the back door of an APC.  

I presume Ukraine is securing captured tanks from Russian recapture?

A vehicle designed for frontal assault against defined enemy lines. It puts the most APC between incoming fire and the fuel tanks with that line of thought. 
 

Set piece battle thinking instead of guerilla combat. Also, if you’ve ever seen Russian hardware you’ll quickly notice that they think differently. 

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1 hour ago, 956 Worldwide said:

Seeing a lot of galaxy brain takes about Zelenskyy’s decision to suspend some political parties and consolidate broadcasting during a period of national law.  The sort of head up your own rectum analysis and comparison only possible from citizens of countries that have never seen foreign boots on their soil. 
 

 

Yes, this is illiberal. I get it, though, during an invasion. 

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15 minutes ago, Parliament said:

Why would you put fuel tanks right at the back door of an APC.  

I presume Ukraine is securing captured tanks from Russian recapture?

If you watch the video, they would use those tanks for the road march and then switch to internal tanks during combat. When empty the tanks actually provide additional armor

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13 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

Like these guys' losses are huge to their respective units, and as he or one of the folks he works with pointed out the conscripts below them are seeing these very experienced soldiers getting killed, which is not good for their morale.

 

Fuck that Judge Holden looking motherfucker.

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U.S. Sending Soviet Air Defense Systems It Secretly Acquired to Ukraine

https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-sending-soviet-air-defense-systems-it-secretly-acquired-to-ukraine-11647878422?mod=e2tw

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U.S. Sending Soviet Air Defense Systems It Secretly Acquired to Ukraine

The Pentagon over the years has acquired Soviet equipment as part of a clandestine program, and now such weapons are going to Ukraine

 
 
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The Soviet-era equipment is decades old and was obtained by the U.S. so it could examine the technology used by the Russian military.

PHOTO: U.S. AIR FORCE
Updated March 21, 2022 3:21 pm ET
 

WASHINGTON—The U.S. is sending some of the Soviet-made air defense equipment it secretly acquired decades ago to bolster the Ukrainian military as it seeks to fend off Russian air and missile attacks, U.S. officials said.

The systems, which one U.S. official said include the SA-8, are decades old and were obtained by the U.S. so it could examine the technology used by the Russian military and which Moscow has exported around the world.

The weapons are familiar to Ukraine’s military, which inherited this type of equipment following the breakup of the Soviet Union.

The Pentagon declined to comment on the U.S. decision to reach into its little-known arsenal of Soviet weapons, which comes as the Biden administration is mounting a major push to expand Ukraine’s air defense capabilities.

The U.S. over the decades has acquired a small number of Soviet missile defense systems so that they could be examined by U.S. intelligence experts and help with training American forces.

The secretive efforts received public attention in 1994 when a Soviet-made transport plane was observed at the Huntsville, Ala., airport within sight of a major highway. It was later disclosed that the plane was carrying an S-300 air defense system that the U.S. had acquired in Belarus as part of a clandestine project involving a Pentagon contractor that cost $100 million, according to a former official involved in the mission.

The S-300—called the SA-10 by NATO—is a long-range, advanced air defense system intended to protect large areas over a much wider radius. The SA-8 is a short-range, tactical air defense system designed to move with ground forces and provide cover from aircraft and helicopters. While the SA-8 has a shorter range, it is highly mobile and potentially easier to hide.

Some of the Soviet-style weapons have been kept at the Redstone Arsenal in Alabama, which its website notes serves as “the Army’s center for missile and rocket programs.” At least some of what the U.S. sent was from that base, said officials, who added that C-17s recently flew to a nearby airfield at Huntsville.

The S-300 from Belarus wasn’t among the systems that are being sent to Ukraine, one U.S. official said.

 

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The annual government spending bill recently passed by Congress and signed into law by President Biden includes language that authorizes the administration to transfer to the Ukrainian military and to North Atlantic Treaty Organization partners aircraft, ammunition, vehicles, and other equipment that is either already overseas or in existing stockpiles.

Staffers with Sen. Joni Ernst (R., Iowa), who advocated for the language, said Soviet-era air defense systems would be covered by the new legislation. Congress was notified about the U.S. decision, officials said.

Ukraine already possesses some Russian air defense systems, including the S-300. It needs more such systems, however, that can operate at medium and long range to blunt Russia’s aircraft and missile attacks. The shoulder-fired Stinger missiles that the U.S. and NATO nations are providing to Ukraine are only effective against helicopters and low-flying aircraft.

The U.S. is hoping that the provision of additional air defenses will enable Ukraine to create a de facto no-fly zone, since the U.S. and its NATO allies have rebuffed Ukraine’s appeals that the alliance establish one. Such a step, Biden administration officials have said, could lead to a direct confrontation between the U.S.-led alliance and Russian forces, which it is determined to avoid.

Mr. Biden is traveling to Brussels this week for a NATO summit to discuss “ongoing deterrence and defense efforts” for Ukraine, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said. Vice President Kamala Harris, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin also have visited the eastern bloc to discuss ways to bolster Ukraine’s defensive weapons.

“We are continuing to work with our allies and key partners to surge new assistance, including Soviet- or Russian-origin antiaircraft systems and the necessary ammunition to employ them, every day to Ukraine,” a U.S. official said.

Mr. Austin last week visited Slovakia to explore if the country would send an S-300 from its arsenal. Slovakia has said that it would do so if the U.S. would provide it with a replacement, but such an arrangement has yet to be agreed.

American-made weapons such as the Patriot air defense system are in short supply and require American military personnel or months of U.S. training to operate. German and Dutch Patriot units are being sent to Slovakia as a stopgap, those governments have said.

“We’ve been in discussion” with the U.S., Slovakia Minister of Defense Jaroslav Nad’ told reporters during a joint press conference with Mr. Austin on Thursday. “Should there be a situation that we have a proper replacement or that we have a capability guaranteed for a certain period of time, then we would be willing to discuss the future of [the] S-300 system.”

—Gordon Lubold, Lindsay Wise and Courtney McBride contributed to this article.

Write to Nancy A. Youssef at nancy.youssef@wsj.com and Michael R. Gordon at michael.gordon@wsj.com

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13 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

Like these guys' losses are huge to their respective units, and as he or one of the folks he works with pointed out the conscripts below them are seeing these very experienced soldiers getting killed, which is not good for their morale.

 

 

Pretty sure I saw this dude backstage at an Erasure show @ FEC in '90.

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12 hours ago, Skipper said:

See Biden cautioned regarding forthcoming cyber attacks.  Anyone seeing any additional intel on what is prompting the warnings?  We've known it's a risk but seems like increased risk if the President is discussing it.

There are a few attacks that have happened recently, but it seems pretty suspect that they are state sponsored.  The group involved has been predominantly interested in extortion vs ideology in the past.  I guess it's possible they could be acting as digital mercenaries.  But I think these events are more an extortion group trying to take advantage of the heightened fear of a cyber attack to get more money.

Authentication firm Okta probes report of digital breach

 

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WASHINGTON, March 22 (Reuters) - Okta Inc (OKTA.O), a widely-used authentication services provider, is investigating a report of a digital breach, the company said on Tuesday, after hackers posted screenshots showing what they claimed was its internal company environment.

A hack at Okta could have major consequences because thousands of other companies, such as FedEx (FDX.N), Moody's (MCO.N) and T-Mobile (TMUS.O), rely on the San Francisco-based firm to manage access to their own networks and applications. The scope of the hack is unknown.

In a statement, Okta official Chris Hollis said the breach could be related to an earlier incident in January, which he said was contained. Okta had detected an attempt to compromise the account of a third party customer support engineer at the time, said Hollis.

"We believe the screenshots shared online are connected to this January event," he said. "Based on our investigation to date, there is no evidence of ongoing malicious activity beyond the activity detected in January".

On its website, Okta describes itself as the "identity provider for the internet" and says it has more than 15,000 customers on its platform.

It competes with the likes of Microsoft, PingID, Duo, SecureAuth and IBM to provide identity services such as Single Sign-On and Multi-factor Authentication used to login to online applications and websites.

The screenshots were posted by a group of ransom-seeking hackers known as LAPSUS$ on their Telegram channel late on Monday. In an accompanying message, the group said its focus was "ONLY on Okta customers".

Security experts told Reuters the screenshots appeared to be authentic.

"I definitely do believe it is credible," said independent security researcher Bill Demirkapi, citing pictures of what appeared to be Okta's internal tickets and its in-house chat on the Slack messaging app.

Dan Tentler, the founder of cybersecurity consultancy Phobos Group, said he too believed the breach was real and urged Okta customers to be "very vigilant right now."

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Microsoft may be the latest victim of a hacking group that has infiltrated some of the world’s largest tech companies in recent months.

The software giant is currently investigating claims that LAPSUS$, a hacking group that has stolen data from Nvidia, Samsung, and other massive tech companies, has gained access to its internal systems, according to a Motherboard report. Over the weekend, LAPSUS$ posted a screenshot to its Telegram channel of what appeared to be information taken from an internal developer account for Azure, its cloud computing division.

Images showing “Bing_UX,” “Bing-Source,” and “Cortana,” suggest source code for Microsoft’s virtual assistant and search engine were accessed. Other sections for “mscomdev,” “microsoft,” and “msblox,” could indicate that the group has gained entry to other code repositories.

An administrator of LAPSUS$’s Telegram channel has reportedly deleted the images that supposedly reveal sensitive Microsoft assets, and posted “Deleted for now will repost later.”

Microsoft said in a statement, “We are aware of the claims and are investigating.”

 

The extortion group has yet to demand anything from the business software titan, though LAPSUS$ has, in past attacks, asked for payment and held sensitive information as blackmail. In the case of Nvidia, the group threatened to release stolen internal data unless GPU drivers were made open source and Ethereum cryptocurrency mining limiters were removed from Nvidia 30-series graphics cards.

LAPSUS$ is reportedly on a recruiting mission to get employees to cough up sensitive info. It wrote, “We recruit employees/insider at the following!!!!” on March 10 then followed the statement with a list of companies it would like to infiltrate, which included Apple, IBM, and Microsoft.

“TO NOTE: WE ARE NOT LOOKING FOR DATA, WE ARE LOOKING FOR THE EMPLOYEE TO PROVIDE US A VPN OR CITRIX TO THE NETWORK, or some anydesk,” the group wrote in a message.

What makes LAPSUS$ unique among hacking gangs is its use of Telegram to establish a social media presence and give it a public voice. The group wants noteriety. And instead of conducting ransomware attacks by blocking systems with encryption, LAPSUS$ instead threatens to leak information it has already stolen unless the victim sends it money.

LAPSUS$ is a relative newcomer. Its first suspected campaigns were against Brazilian and Portuguese companies at the end of last year, beginning with Brazil’s health ministry, the Portuguese media company Impresa, and South American telecoms Claro and Embratel. The hacking group, which claims to be motivated only by money, has gained confidence and widened its ambitions after its attacks against giants Nvidia and Samsung.

 

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11 minutes ago, 956 Worldwide said:

I didn’t see it posted, but Navalny has received 9 years in prison.  They’ll transport him to a strict penal colony and I won’t be surprised if he dies there. 
 

The official charges are that he defrauded and stole from people who contributed to his opposition activities.

 

Well quoting The Wire will get you Surly's vote 100% of the time.

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9 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

Moving lots of stuff from the US to Poland.  
 

 

Interesting.  The 5th Corps has a forward command headquarters in Poznan.  The Poles also fly their own F-16s from Poznan. Most of the stuff going to Ukraine or to support the 82nd would be headed to Rzeszow.  So this is stuff meant for our long-term presence there most likely. 

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1 minute ago, 956 Worldwide said:

Interesting.  The 5th Corps has a forward command headquarters in Poznan.  The Poles also fly their own F-16s from Poznan. Most of the stuff going to Ukraine or to support the 82nd would be headed to Rzeszow.  So this is stuff meant for our long-term presence there most likely. 


i hope they’re bulking up defenses around nato installations 

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15 minutes ago, Goredho said:

There are a few attacks that have happened recently, but it seems pretty suspect that they are state sponsored.  The group involved has been predominantly interested in extortion vs ideology in the past.  I guess it's possible they could be acting as digital mercenaries.  But I think these events are more an extortion group trying to take advantage of the heightened fear of a cyber attack to get more money.

Authentication firm Okta probes report of digital breach

 

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WASHINGTON, March 22 (Reuters) - Okta Inc (OKTA.O), a widely-used authentication services provider, is investigating a report of a digital breach, the company said on Tuesday, after hackers posted screenshots showing what they claimed was its internal company environment.

A hack at Okta could have major consequences because thousands of other companies, such as FedEx (FDX.N), Moody's (MCO.N) and T-Mobile (TMUS.O), rely on the San Francisco-based firm to manage access to their own networks and applications. The scope of the hack is unknown.

In a statement, Okta official Chris Hollis said the breach could be related to an earlier incident in January, which he said was contained. Okta had detected an attempt to compromise the account of a third party customer support engineer at the time, said Hollis.

"We believe the screenshots shared online are connected to this January event," he said. "Based on our investigation to date, there is no evidence of ongoing malicious activity beyond the activity detected in January".

On its website, Okta describes itself as the "identity provider for the internet" and says it has more than 15,000 customers on its platform.

It competes with the likes of Microsoft, PingID, Duo, SecureAuth and IBM to provide identity services such as Single Sign-On and Multi-factor Authentication used to login to online applications and websites.

The screenshots were posted by a group of ransom-seeking hackers known as LAPSUS$ on their Telegram channel late on Monday. In an accompanying message, the group said its focus was "ONLY on Okta customers".

Security experts told Reuters the screenshots appeared to be authentic.

"I definitely do believe it is credible," said independent security researcher Bill Demirkapi, citing pictures of what appeared to be Okta's internal tickets and its in-house chat on the Slack messaging app.

Dan Tentler, the founder of cybersecurity consultancy Phobos Group, said he too believed the breach was real and urged Okta customers to be "very vigilant right now."

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Microsoft may be the latest victim of a hacking group that has infiltrated some of the world’s largest tech companies in recent months.

The software giant is currently investigating claims that LAPSUS$, a hacking group that has stolen data from Nvidia, Samsung, and other massive tech companies, has gained access to its internal systems, according to a Motherboard report. Over the weekend, LAPSUS$ posted a screenshot to its Telegram channel of what appeared to be information taken from an internal developer account for Azure, its cloud computing division.

Images showing “Bing_UX,” “Bing-Source,” and “Cortana,” suggest source code for Microsoft’s virtual assistant and search engine were accessed. Other sections for “mscomdev,” “microsoft,” and “msblox,” could indicate that the group has gained entry to other code repositories.

An administrator of LAPSUS$’s Telegram channel has reportedly deleted the images that supposedly reveal sensitive Microsoft assets, and posted “Deleted for now will repost later.”

Microsoft said in a statement, “We are aware of the claims and are investigating.”

 

The extortion group has yet to demand anything from the business software titan, though LAPSUS$ has, in past attacks, asked for payment and held sensitive information as blackmail. In the case of Nvidia, the group threatened to release stolen internal data unless GPU drivers were made open source and Ethereum cryptocurrency mining limiters were removed from Nvidia 30-series graphics cards.

LAPSUS$ is reportedly on a recruiting mission to get employees to cough up sensitive info. It wrote, “We recruit employees/insider at the following!!!!” on March 10 then followed the statement with a list of companies it would like to infiltrate, which included Apple, IBM, and Microsoft.

“TO NOTE: WE ARE NOT LOOKING FOR DATA, WE ARE LOOKING FOR THE EMPLOYEE TO PROVIDE US A VPN OR CITRIX TO THE NETWORK, or some anydesk,” the group wrote in a message.

What makes LAPSUS$ unique among hacking gangs is its use of Telegram to establish a social media presence and give it a public voice. The group wants noteriety. And instead of conducting ransomware attacks by blocking systems with encryption, LAPSUS$ instead threatens to leak information it has already stolen unless the victim sends it money.

LAPSUS$ is a relative newcomer. Its first suspected campaigns were against Brazilian and Portuguese companies at the end of last year, beginning with Brazil’s health ministry, the Portuguese media company Impresa, and South American telecoms Claro and Embratel. The hacking group, which claims to be motivated only by money, has gained confidence and widened its ambitions after its attacks against giants Nvidia and Samsung.

 

Russians trying to hack Bing_UX, Bing and Cortana? What is this? The lol thread?

Would hacking those even make a difference? Does anyone ACTUALLY use those?

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2 hours ago, 956 Worldwide said:

Seeing a lot of galaxy brain takes about Zelenskyy’s decision to suspend some political parties and consolidate broadcasting during a period of national law.  The sort of head up your own rectum analysis and comparison only possible from citizens of countries that have never seen foreign boots on their soil. 
 

 

Not to mention from citizens of a country that erected Japanese internment camps during war. A little perspective goes a long way 

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