Sure, Democrats laughed when the rich nerd with the car elevator warned them that Russia and China were very likely attempting to hack into U.S. government computers.
Just leaving this here
— John Schindler (@20committee) September 30, 2015
POTUS nails Mitt for saying Russia our #1 geostrategic threat. "The 1980's called. They want their foreign policy back." Bam!
— Paul Begala (@PaulBegala) October 23, 2012
In August, though, officials admitted that Russian-linked hackers had made a sophisticated cyberattack on the Pentagon’s unclassified email system — and the hacking attempts didn’t end there.
The Associated Press reports tonight that Russian-linked hackers this summer sent multiple malware-infected emails to Hillary Clinton’s unsecured, private server disguised as notices about outstanding traffic tickets in an attempt hack into her emails.
This appears to be the message that hackers sent, trying to get Hillary to click on the attachment. pic.twitter.com/xOIMqZybSr
— Matt Viser (@mviser) September 30, 2015
https://twitter.com/justkarl/status/649365775384350720
Most people took that news pretty seriously, but it only rated an “LOL” from The Daily Beast’s senior entertainment editor, who found the news entertaining at best.
https://twitter.com/MarlowNYC/status/649367826969587712
https://twitter.com/NoahCRothman/status/649368122898710528
https://twitter.com/justkarl/status/649368804523274240
https://twitter.com/RobProvince/status/649369564514418688
https://twitter.com/jimmiebjr/status/649368914296721408
https://twitter.com/MarlowNYC/status/649368304918917120
The fact that she received the emails is not news. If she clicked on them (easy to track), that is news. https://t.co/UMHRJ4rwpP
— Marlow Stern (@MarlowNYC) September 30, 2015
Well, nothing else to see here. Why not click over to The Daily Beast for some entertainment updates, like “Honey Boo Boo’s WTF Music Video”? Now that’s news.
New spin: AP news story only says Hillary got 5 phishing e-mails from Russian hackers!
Not said: if they knew address, Russian SVR did too.
— The Nats Won The World Series (@EsotericCD) September 30, 2015
Neglect of counterintelligence is a bipartisan problem.
But USG security went off the cliff under Team Obama.
They need to own this, now.
— John Schindler (@20committee) September 30, 2015
In the meantime, The Daily Beast might want to take this off the top of its front page — it’s not news.
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