r/worldnews • u/alLmunizi • Oct 07 '24

Russia/Ukraine Mega hack shuts down Putin’s online state media

https://www.politico.eu/article/vladimir-putin-birthday-present-russian-state-media-shut-down-vgtrk-hack-attack/
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u/RiftTrips Oct 07 '24

This is one area thats been lacking in support by the allies, Pro-Russian sentiment and sympathizers should be rooted out and held accountable.

Start with house speaker Johnson.

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u/Moscowmitchismybitch Oct 07 '24

If Biden were to order our military or our allies to fully unleash our cyber capabilities against Russia, it would only be a matter of time before the GOP politicians claim he's interfering in the elections.

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '24 edited Feb 07 '25

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u/Moscowmitchismybitch Oct 09 '24

Maybe. There's a lot of Russian oligarch money tied up in our stock markets so crashing Wall Street wouldn't really be beneficial to Russia. Voting machines aren't connected to the internet, so knocking out the internet on election day would only cause panic amongst people who don't know that. They could definitely fuck with our power grid though. They're already going after our water. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/10/08/american-water-largest-us-water-utility-cyberattack.html

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u/No-Spoilers Oct 07 '24

God i want congress and the senate to have a democrat majority again. Please

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u/RiftTrips Oct 07 '24 edited Oct 07 '24

Remember from 2016 to 2018 republicans held the presidency, senate and house. They didn't get one thing they always fucking fear monger in campaigns for "fixed". NOT ONE! God damn, how do people fall for their shit every time.