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Cybersecurity Experts Claim That Sony Hack Was Inside Job, Initiated by Laid-Off Technical Employee Named "Lena" Seeking Vengeance Against the Company
"Lena" is probably not her real name, I'm assuming.
But certainly the information these folks are highlighting would permit someone to figure out who they mean. Could Obama have gotten this wrong? Here's a better question: Could water be wet?!?!!Cybersecurity experts have given a detailed outline to the FBI about the hack attack against Sony Pictures, insisting it was not the work of North Korea but a group of current and former employees who shared a 'mutual hatred' for the company. While the FBI and Sony have announced they believe Pyongyang carried out the hack -- claims that were denied by leader Kim Jong-un -- independent security officials have been coming forward for the past week saying most of the evidence points to an inside job. ... Norse senior vice president Kurt Stammberger said the hack hinges on a woman he called 'Lena', who he says worked in a 'key technical' position for 10 years but was sent packing in May during a large sweep of lay-offs. ...Read on. The experts claim the hackers "Lena" hooked up with were movie Torrenters who had been brought to the bar by legal action by Sony, and who thus wanted payback.
Lena - which may be an alias - then joined forces with other former employees and people in the hacking community to humiliate Sony.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at January 02, 2015 01:36 PM (0LHZx)
Posted by: hello, it's Me Donna ....again at January 02, 2015 01:38 PM (Bn6aD)
Posted by: prescient11 at January 02, 2015 01:38 PM (q5APL)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 02, 2015 01:38 PM (IXrOn)
First movers.
Posted by: prescient11 at January 02, 2015 01:39 PM (q5APL)
Now, watch this drive. Wait, what the hell. Get that wedding party off my green.
Posted by: Barack Obama at January 02, 2015 01:40 PM (78TbK)
I always thought it was pissed off ex employees.
Posted by: Carol at January 02, 2015 01:40 PM (sj3Ax)
Posted by: Lauren at January 02, 2015 01:41 PM (v8tBD)
But it wasn't me.
Posted by: Barack Obama at January 02, 2015 01:41 PM (78TbK)
Even if the Norks could farm out the actual hacking to China or Russia, who in North Korea would have the social savvy to know which e-mails are going to be embarrassing to their authors?
Any North Korean that versed in American culture would have already defected.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 02, 2015 01:41 PM (JtwS4)
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at January 02, 2015 01:41 PM (AC0lD)
Posted by: Harry Reids at January 02, 2015 01:42 PM (QWiro)
The President of the United States tells us we are being hacked by North Korea. LOL
At least he said it "wasn't an act of war" on North Korea's part. Imagine if that clown of a potus thought it was and act of war, on a whim, between golf outings?
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 02, 2015 01:43 PM (IXrOn)
Posted by: Citizen X at January 02, 2015 01:43 PM (7ObY1)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at January 02, 2015 01:43 PM (7j5N9)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 02, 2015 01:43 PM (nzKvP)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at January 02, 2015 01:44 PM (W5DcG)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 02, 2015 01:44 PM (Qs8ZN)
Just seems pretty damn smelly to me. They just don't know what the fuck happened and are too afraid to admit it.
Posted by: Sponge at January 02, 2015 01:44 PM (F4u7C)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 02, 2015 01:44 PM (nzKvP)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit & Vaginassassin, aka Beth at January 02, 2015 01:44 PM (4df7R)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at January 02, 2015 01:44 PM (0LHZx)
Posted by: EC at January 02, 2015 01:45 PM (doBIb)
"we will release more emails if you don't do----------"
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 02, 2015 01:45 PM (A98Xu)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 02, 2015 01:41 PM (JtwS4)
Provided they could. The Norks are crazy, but they aren't ENTIRELY stupid.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit & Vaginassassin, aka Beth at January 02, 2015 01:45 PM (4df7R)
Posted by: Injuin Blackfoot Barry at January 02, 2015 01:45 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Crying Boner at January 02, 2015 01:45 PM (IsdBe)
It is kinda surprising that this wasn't LE's first hypothesis. I thought you started at "Inside Job" and worked out.
Posted by: Secundus at January 02, 2015 01:45 PM (t9hL9)
Yes it was.
Makes him look gullible, irrational, easily fooled.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at January 02, 2015 01:45 PM (LA7Cm)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at January 02, 2015 01:44 PM (0LHZx)
It's Seth Rogen. "piece of shit movie" is practically written into his contract.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 02, 2015 01:45 PM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at January 02, 2015 01:44 PM (0LHZx)
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LOL No patriotic deed goes unpunished.
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 02, 2015 01:45 PM (A98Xu)
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Learn Rantin', Ravin', and Ragetwitchin' at the Outrage Outlet! at January 02, 2015 01:46 PM (g+akU)
It's Seth Rogen. "piece of shit movie" is practically written into his contract.
Fifty Fifty was excellent.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 02, 2015 01:46 PM (JtwS4)
Posted by: Lauren at January 02, 2015 01:46 PM (dOk+5)
a) would she work as a peon for Sony for 10 years?
b) why would she give a fuck if she got laid off, she probably had 5 job offers the next day.
Something doesn't sit right.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at January 02, 2015 01:46 PM (0LHZx)
Gives you real confidence in the FBI doesn't it....
Posted by: hello, it's Me Donna ....again at January 02, 2015 01:38 PM (Bn6aD)
The FBI is totally under Holder and totally a political organ now.
Brown shits.
Posted by: Nip Sip at January 02, 2015 01:46 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Arthur at January 02, 2015 01:46 PM (h53OH)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 02, 2015 01:47 PM (nzKvP)
Posted by: EC at January 02, 2015 01:47 PM (doBIb)
He thinks Mooch is a woman. He's still gullible.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 02, 2015 01:47 PM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Perdogg at January 02, 2015 01:47 PM (1EIax)
Posted by: Roy at January 02, 2015 01:47 PM (fWLrt)
No?
Posted by: EC at January 02, 2015 01:45 PM (doBIb)
FTA:
"Norse senior vice president Kurt Stammberger said the hack hinges on a woman he called 'Lena', who he says worked in a 'key technical' position for 10 years but was sent packing in May during a large sweep of lay-offs."
Changing locks don't work when you've pissed off the locksmith.
Posted by: Secundus at January 02, 2015 01:47 PM (t9hL9)
Whoever did it also seemed to have been pissed about "gender pay inequality" bs.
Posted by: Costanza Defense at January 02, 2015 01:47 PM (ZPrif)
Or been preemptively shot, so they couldn't defect.
Posted by: Fox2! at January 02, 2015 01:47 PM (brIR5)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 02, 2015 01:48 PM (Qs8ZN)
apologize later.
Posted by: Arthur at January 02, 2015 01:46 PM (h53OH)
Why apologize? They deserve it anyway
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 02, 2015 01:48 PM (nzKvP)
Posted by: Lena Horne at January 02, 2015 01:48 PM (/eTPT)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at January 02, 2015 01:48 PM (mf5HN)
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 02, 2015 01:48 PM (A98Xu)
Posted by: George Clooney at January 02, 2015 01:48 PM (QWiro)
Posted by: Barney Frank at January 02, 2015 01:48 PM (W5DcG)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 02, 2015 01:49 PM (IXrOn)
Where's Issa or Gowdy to launch on inquisition!
Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at January 02, 2015 01:49 PM (XzRw1)
Speak it, sister.
Posted by: Buck Naked at January 02, 2015 01:49 PM (m7Jck)
Posted by: steveegg at January 02, 2015 01:50 PM (cL79m)
Posted by: Shoot Me at January 02, 2015 01:50 PM (EQcfE)
Posted by: JoeF. at January 02, 2015 01:50 PM (QbuHa)
Posted by: Lena Headey at January 02, 2015 01:50 PM (/eTPT)
An alleged Russian spy ring has been busted at a major NATO air base in Lithuania.
Members of the alleged ring were detained at a NATO base in the Lithuanian city of Siauliai.
Posted by: #RapeCulture at January 02, 2015 01:50 PM (e8kgV)
An alleged Russian spy ring has been busted at a major NATO air base in Lithuania.
Members of the alleged ring were detained at a NATO base in the Lithuanian city of Siauliai.
Pics of the female agents?
Posted by: EC at January 02, 2015 01:51 PM (doBIb)
I have an alibi
Posted by: Lena Horne at January 02, 2015 01:48 PM (/eTPT)
Dead is no excuse bitch.
Posted by: Nip Sip at January 02, 2015 01:51 PM (0FSuD)
To be perfectly fair to the hackers, all the Sony big wigs had "password" as their password.
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That's why I use 123456.
I can trust you guys with my password, right?
Posted by: Joe Biden at January 02, 2015 01:51 PM (78TbK)
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Learn Rantin', Ravin', and Ragetwitchin' at the Outrage Outlet! at January 02, 2015 01:46 PM (g+akU)
Sony is facing a huge world of hurt for the release of employees' medical records.
If it turns out that it was a former employee doing it out of revenge, that makes it worse for Sony. Secundus has an excellent point about pissing off the locksmith. A former employee getting back into the system for revenge is about as foreseeable a security breach as there is.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at January 02, 2015 01:52 PM (mf5HN)
Who said Lena was an American...
Most of Sony's IT help desk is overseas...
and as the NSA found with Eric Snowden... do not piss off your IT Admins... even past ones...
And I say this as... an IT Admin...
Posted by: BB Wolf at January 02, 2015 01:52 PM (qh617)
That's the kind of password that an idiot uses to lock his luggage.
Posted by: Keith Arnold at January 02, 2015 01:52 PM (iIzG7)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Vaginassassin, aka Beth at January 02, 2015 01:44 PM (4df7R)
Krazy Kim III merely piled on after the fact and steered the trainwreck toward that "movie".
Posted by: steveegg at January 02, 2015 01:53 PM (cL79m)
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 02, 2015 01:53 PM (2cS/G)
Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at January 02, 2015 01:53 PM (XzRw1)
Posted by: All 2014 Soothsayers Must Go Clearance Sale! at January 02, 2015 01:53 PM (haxo2)
Well it does fit with his whole blame first ask questions never strategy
Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 02, 2015 01:53 PM (1Jaio)
Posted by: Carol at January 02, 2015 01:53 PM (sj3Ax)
Posted by: JoeF. at January 02, 2015 01:53 PM (QbuHa)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 02, 2015 01:54 PM (oFCZn)
Posted by: garrett at January 02, 2015 01:54 PM (m7Jck)
Add in former and current customers, and you could narrow down the list of suspects to about 4 billion people.
Posted by: flounder at January 02, 2015 01:54 PM (FHh8u)
Posted by: All 2014 Soothsayers Must Go Clearance Sale! at January 02, 2015 01:54 PM (haxo2)
I can trust you guys with my password, right?
Posted by: Joe Biden at January 02, 2015 01:51 PM (78TbK)
Well, we did have the nuke codes set to 000000000.
Posted by: RWC - Nobody Bodda Me at January 02, 2015 01:54 PM (fWAjv)
Posted by: I Work for Dick Jones at January 02, 2015 01:55 PM (AYQj/)
Posted by: Bob Belcher at January 02, 2015 01:55 PM (3jmxp)
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 02, 2015 01:55 PM (2cS/G)
That's the kind of password that an idiot uses to lock his luggage.
Posted by: Keith Arnold
Hey! I've got that same combination on my luggage!
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2015 01:55 PM (nfmRC)
It was obama.
Posted by: All 2014 Soothsayers Must Go Clearance Sale! at January 02, 2015 01:54 PM (haxo2)
Er, Teh SCOAMT's cyber-soldiers.
Posted by: steveegg at January 02, 2015 01:56 PM (cL79m)
Excellent point, except this isn't about "blood for oil" so it's totes cool....
Posted by: JoeF. at January 02, 2015 01:56 PM (QbuHa)
Posted by: Bob Belcher at January 02, 2015 01:56 PM (3jmxp)
Alert just showed up that US sanctions Norks over Sony hack!
The app sucks, I'll have an alert but story won't be there. It asks for app feedback & email address & I get error message that my email address is invalid.
Posted by: Carol at January 02, 2015 01:56 PM (sj3Ax)
Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at January 02, 2015 01:57 PM (XzRw1)
Posted by: Kim Jong Un at January 02, 2015 01:57 PM (l0lja)
Posted by: Film Actors Guild at January 02, 2015 01:57 PM (QWiro)
Posted by: JoeF.
I use "Meso Meso". Because no one would ever think to use Jar Jar Binks.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2015 01:58 PM (nfmRC)
Posted by: I Work for Dick Jones at January 02, 2015 01:58 PM (AYQj/)
Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at January 02, 2015 01:58 PM (XzRw1)
It is funny how harry reid's injury lines up perfectly with a right hook. And I do mean it's funny.
Posted by: All 2014 Soothsayers Must Go Clearance Sale! at January 02, 2015 01:58 PM (haxo2)
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 02, 2015 01:58 PM (2cS/G)
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 02, 2015 01:53 PM (2cS/G)
The modern left believes in attacking 'safe' enemies...
Feminists go after imaginary Rape culture in America, and leaves Islam alone.
Gays go after Christians... and cake shop owners... and are silent about those who would stone them to death...
Obama goes after the TEA party as racists, while not talking at all about Black Racism...
North Korea is not really a threat... thus they will be the target while the real hackers are not talked about...
Posted by: BB Wolf at January 02, 2015 01:58 PM (qh617)
Members of the alleged ring were detained at a NATO base in the Lithuanian city of Siauliai.
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Apparently Military Intelligence started getting suspicious when "I heart Anna Chapman" posters started going up all over the place.
Posted by: junior at January 02, 2015 01:59 PM (UWFpX)
Posted by: X at January 02, 2015 01:59 PM (KHo8t)
It is funny how harry reid's injury lines up perfectly with a right hook. And I do mean it's funny.
Posted by: All 2014 Soothsayers Must Go Clearance Sale! at January 02, 2015 01:58 PM (haxo2)
The child fought bravely.
Posted by: EC at January 02, 2015 01:59 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Keith Arnold at January 02, 2015 01:59 PM (iIzG7)
Posted by: Kim Jong-Un at January 02, 2015 01:59 PM (t72+4)
Posted by: Harry Reid, Pederast at January 02, 2015 01:59 PM (0FSuD)
Sony is a massive company. They must add and remove people from their systems on a daily basis. Probably all they did was remove her logon and passwords.
However, if she really did work there for a decade, she'd also have administrative and superuser logins and maybe even passwords. How much of that stuff do they change, and how regularly? They couldn't do it every time someone left--they'd be changing every other day. She'd also know all the back doors and random access stuff that Sony itself probably doesn't know about anymore.
Posted by: Secundus at January 02, 2015 02:00 PM (t9hL9)
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You mean Li'l Kim outsmarted the smartest man in the world?!!!
Posted by: The Great White Snark at January 02, 2015 02:00 PM (LImiJ)
Posted by: Harry Reid, Pederast at January 02, 2015 02:01 PM (0FSuD)
But King Midas in Reverse had to open his big purple-lipped orifice so we have to go through the motions...
Posted by: JoeF. at January 02, 2015 02:01 PM (QbuHa)
heart Anna Chapman' posters started going up all over the place."
At least you can't fault them for bad taste. I guess I better take mine down, then...
Posted by: Keith Arnold at January 02, 2015 02:01 PM (iIzG7)
Kim Jong Un's sister is reportedly getting married.
http://n.pr/1421lfU
Grainy picture, but yes, I would.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 02, 2015 02:01 PM (JtwS4)
Posted by: All 2014 Soothsayers Must Go Clearance Sale! at January 02, 2015 02:01 PM (haxo2)
"Lena" was pissed off about the rampant manspreading in the Sony Pictures corporate offices. She only did what any self-respecting feminist would do.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 02, 2015 02:01 PM (TIIx5)
Posted by: Bob Belcher at January 02, 2015 02:01 PM (3jmxp)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 02, 2015 02:02 PM (IXrOn)
Aldritch Ames was a disgruntled employee who wanted money. His paymasters happened to be the Soviets, but he wasn't a communist.
So, North Korea finding anti-Sony hackers is not too far-fetched.
But I wouldn't also say that our government is wrong is implausible either.
Here's another, even more plausible scenario:
Obama is looking for easy wins to bump his numbers and press.
Blaming Sony hack on North Korea lets him look all stern and tough.
Posted by: sexypig at January 02, 2015 02:02 PM (dZQh7)
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I always enjoy hearing about the busts of Russian spies. Of course the pics are even better.
Posted by: buzzsaw90 at January 02, 2015 02:02 PM (/eTPT)
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Seriously?
/facepalm
We're technically still at war with North Korea. The Norks regularly attempt to kidnap civilians of other countries, as well as service people of South Korea and the US. They piratically seized a ship that belongs to the US Navy, and have held onto it to this day. They sustain themselves in part via mass printing of counterfeit US money.
And we're going to throw a hissy fit because they hacked a corporation?
Posted by: junior at January 02, 2015 02:02 PM (UWFpX)
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 02, 2015 02:02 PM (2cS/G)
Posted by: eman at January 02, 2015 02:02 PM (vPwui)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 02, 2015 02:02 PM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: I Work for Dick Jones at January 02, 2015 02:03 PM (AYQj/)
Posted by: DaveA at January 02, 2015 02:03 PM (DL2i+)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Calling From Inside The House at January 02, 2015 02:03 PM (DT3rQ)
Do we have only one excuse in our book of excuses?
Posted by: Keith Arnold at January 02, 2015 02:03 PM (iIzG7)
Posted by: Keith Arnold at January 02, 2015 01:59 PM (iIzG7)
They hack by day.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at January 02, 2015 02:03 PM (W5DcG)
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Excerrent. Our hakking of they saterrites has gone un-detected.
Posted by: Kim Jung Un at January 02, 2015 02:03 PM (/eTPT)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 02, 2015 02:04 PM (659DL)
the Family Guy Star Wars spoof is on. Is this supposed to be funny?
Posted by: All 2014 Soothsayers Must Go Clearance Sale! at January 02, 2015 02:01 PM (haxo2)
It's Family Guy, right? So no.
Posted by: rickl at January 02, 2015 02:04 PM (zoehZ)
Well, it said inside job and Sony Pictures is an American part of Sony, but I'll admit that I was a bit hasty there.
Posted by: Shoot Me at January 02, 2015 02:04 PM (EQcfE)
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I use my name as my password. Because no one would ever think that someone would use the name of the Xenocide as a password.
Posted by: Andrew Wiggins at January 02, 2015 02:04 PM (UWFpX)
Posted by: Hans Gruber at January 02, 2015 02:04 PM (AYQj/)
Alternative post title:
"Cybersecurity Experts" Paid To Further Muddy The Waters In Sony Hack Attack, Provide Nothing Of Substance, Only Conjecture
Posted by: All 2014 Soothsayers Must Go Clearance Sale! at January 02, 2015 02:04 PM (haxo2)
Blaming Sony hack on North Korea lets him look all stern and tough.
Not only to look tough, he gets Al Fucking Sharpton's tentacles in the door, and outs a bunch of racists that attacked him and others in emails.
It's a fucking trifecta!
Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at January 02, 2015 02:04 PM (XzRw1)
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 02, 2015 02:05 PM (2cS/G)
Posted by: Carol at January 02, 2015 02:06 PM (sj3Ax)
There may also be some plays here for Iran's sake.
Cuba: see, we can be friendly
North Korea: or we can do it the hard way
I don't know...this seem too competent for government and Obama, though.
Posted by: sexypig at January 02, 2015 02:06 PM (dZQh7)
The media sure dropped that in a hurry..... Wrong party. They're still harping on Palins kid standing on a dog.... The important things don't you know...
Posted by: hello, it's Me Donna ....again at January 02, 2015 02:06 PM (Bn6aD)
Which is why you segment out your Security infrastructure...
But that takes time, and planning....
I went back to consult on a Network I set up 8 years ago.... and they had essentially destroyed the security infrastructure I had set up....
They'd been hacked....
and I got called in because they were trying to blame it on the infrastructure I had secured... and they then ignored...
Posted by: BB Wolf at January 02, 2015 02:06 PM (qh617)
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I watched that and the Interview as a double feature. It seemed odd entering name/address data to rent the movie. Like they want to be able to find me.
Barry Soetero, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Posted by: buzzsaw90 at January 02, 2015 02:07 PM (/eTPT)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at January 02, 2015 02:07 PM (LImiJ)
Posted by: Muddy waters at January 02, 2015 02:07 PM (QbuHa)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at January 02, 2015 02:07 PM (4X5NS)
Posted by: Predators at January 02, 2015 02:08 PM (/eTPT)
Posted by: Beany and Cecil at January 02, 2015 02:08 PM (ucB75)
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I've noticed that I have a Pavlovian response where Family Guy is concerned. Someone brings it up, and I say, "I can't stand Family Guy."
Speaking of which, I can't stand Family Guy.
Posted by: junior at January 02, 2015 02:08 PM (UWFpX)
Keep in mind that North Korea issued a threat.
They did? According to whom? You mean according to obama's State Department who informed the "news" media?
For all we know, North Korea coulda said hey, how bout dem Cowboys!!
Posted by: All 2014 Soothsayers Must Go Clearance Sale! at January 02, 2015 02:09 PM (haxo2)
Posted by: Bob Belcher at January 02, 2015 02:09 PM (3jmxp)
Posted by: Harry Reid, Pederast at January 02, 2015 02:09 PM (0FSuD)
lie. Then we blamed a crappy video for tension with North Korea, and
that's looking like another lie.
Yep, and don't forget Obama fantasy "Khorasan Group" which is really AQ, but they couldn't very well announce airstrikes against AQ because AQ has already been vanquished by Dear Leader prior to the 2012 election.
They.make.shit.up,because.They.CAN.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 02, 2015 02:09 PM (ABcz/)
Do we have only one excuse in our book of excuses?
No. We have many. Honest.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2015 02:09 PM (nfmRC)
Posted by: Lena Olin at January 02, 2015 02:09 PM (/eTPT)
Posted by: Gmac- Pondering...something... at January 02, 2015 02:10 PM (baiNQ)
Posted by: All 2014 Soothsayers Must Go Clearance Sale! at January 02, 2015 02:10 PM (haxo2)
An alleged Russian spy ring has been busted
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I always enjoy hearing about the busts of Russian spies. Of course the pics are even better.
Posted by: buzzsaw90 at January 02, 2015 02:02 PM (/eTPT)
One thing that perplexes me. Russian hawt women most likely make civil service-type wages as spies working honey traps for FSB.
This is proof of the total incompetence of the US government, when the FBI and CIA can't induce Russian vixens to leave the espionage world behind in order to enter the lucrative stripping and pron professions. Idiot college guys with $300 video cameras can do it, why can't they?
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 02, 2015 02:10 PM (TIIx5)
I guess I'll just stay in the club and drink?
Posted by: Nip Sip at January 02, 2015 02:11 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: I Work for Dick Jones at January 02, 2015 02:11 PM (AYQj/)
Posted by: junior at January 02, 2015 02:08 PM (UWFpX)
Robot Chicken did Star Wars parody much better.
youtube.com/watch?v=3F1d3QWsyk0
Posted by: Secundus at January 02, 2015 02:12 PM (t9hL9)
Posted by: FBI at January 02, 2015 02:12 PM (/eTPT)
That's my magical wand that you are holding. Is it squirting yet?
Posted by: Harry Reid, Pederast at January 02, 2015 02:13 PM (0FSuD)
she is really excited about the Brown/Garner protests
she is pretty sure new political leadership will emerge from the ranks of the protestors
she cant wait for them to tell us what we should be doing
Posted by: ThunderB at January 02, 2015 02:13 PM (zOTsN)
she is really excited about the Brown/Garner protests
she is pretty sure new political leadership will emerge from the ranks of the protestors
she cant wait for them to tell us what we should be doing
F**K that fat cow...
Posted by: hello, it's Me Donna ....again at January 02, 2015 02:14 PM (Bn6aD)
and be a dude.
I forget the rule number, but on the internet:
1. all women are men.
2. all children are FBI agents.
Posted by: hadoop at January 02, 2015 02:14 PM (2X7pN)
The New York Times reports that Sarraff was one of two US agents freed in exchange for three Cuban spies known as part of the "Cuban five," a spy network responsible for the deaths of at least four US citizens. Sarraff's name was never publicly given by the government, though the Times has independently confirmed that he was the unnamed agent released alongside USAID worker Alan Gross. President Obama described Sarraff as "one of the most important intelligence agents the United States has ever had in Cuba," though the specifics of his work are not known.
... raped by Castro .. now raped by Obama
Posted by: #RapeCulture at January 02, 2015 02:14 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: I Work for Dick Jones at January 02, 2015 02:14 PM (AYQj/)
she is pretty sure new political leadership will emerge from the ranks of the protestors
she cant wait for them to tell us what we should be doing
Posted by: ThunderB at January 02, 2015 02:13 PM (zOTsN)
Is she aware that the leaders are Communists?
Posted by: rickl at January 02, 2015 02:15 PM (zoehZ)
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As if we need another example of the superiority ofprivate sector captialism. Just wait till the feds start to regulate it...
Posted by: buzzsaw90 at January 02, 2015 02:15 PM (/eTPT)
Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at January 02, 2015 02:16 PM (XzRw1)
Posted by: hadoop at January 02, 2015 02:16 PM (2X7pN)
Posted by: Lauren at January 02, 2015 02:16 PM (MYCIw)
Posted by: #RapeCulture at January 02, 2015 02:14 PM (e8kgV)
How was he captured?
Posted by: Secundus at January 02, 2015 02:17 PM (t9hL9)
Posted by: Mark at January 02, 2015 02:17 PM (vRBpg)
Posted by: Jameis Newport Winston at January 02, 2015 02:18 PM (QWiro)
I've nothing to say, really.
Nice knowing you all.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread
You OK, Cap'n? Hoping that's less than I'm reading into it...
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Calling From Inside The House at January 02, 2015 02:18 PM (DT3rQ)
yeah that was an odd comment
Posted by: All 2014 Soothsayers Must Go Clearance Sale! at January 02, 2015 02:19 PM (haxo2)
Posted by: Lauren at January 02, 2015 02:21 PM (MYCIw)
Idiot college guys with $300 video cameras can do it, why can't they?
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As if we need another example of the superiority ofprivate sector captialism. Just wait till the feds start to regulate it...
Posted by: buzzsaw90 at January 02, 2015 02:15 PM (/eTPT)
Apparently, there IS such thing as Soviet pron.
Complete with Conan Pose.
http://tinyurl.com/l6aeecp
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 02, 2015 02:21 PM (TIIx5)
Posted by: ThunderB at January 02, 2015 02:21 PM (zOTsN)
Who is more likely to get pissed off and have the skills to completely own Sony like this- the Norks or the NSA?
Posted by: JDub (was BunkerintheBurbs) at January 02, 2015 02:22 PM (WDySP)
Posted by: hello, it's Me Donna ....again at January 02, 2015 02:22 PM (Bn6aD)
Something wrong?
Posted by: Carol at January 02, 2015 02:22 PM (sj3Ax)
Posted by: Baldy at January 02, 2015 02:23 PM (+35FH)
Bing down for anyone else?
Posted by: Lauren at January 02, 2015 02:21 PM (MYCIw)
Yup. Yahoo search is down too.
Google still up. "Don't be evil" my ass.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 02, 2015 02:23 PM (TIIx5)
Posted by: ThunderB at January 02, 2015 02:24 PM (zOTsN)
Yeah, that from a woman who had a total meltdown over a shopgirl supposedly not showing her a certain $20,000 purse.
She knows that if/when the riots really get going she's totes safe behind her high walls an team of security personnel.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 02, 2015 02:24 PM (ABcz/)
Posted by: Barack Obama at January 02, 2015 02:24 PM (/eTPT)
OK, now here comes the choo choo. Brace yourself.
Posted by: Harry Reid, Pederast at January 02, 2015 02:24 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: ThunderB at January 02, 2015 02:24 PM (zOTsN)
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On a serious note, I suspect that you've never encountered Russians on a forum that draws in international posts. The Russians tend to be *rabidly* nationalistic. I frequent forums where World War 2 miniatures wargaming is discussed, and you can usually figure out pretty quickly who the Russian forum members are whenever comments criticizing the Soviets in World War 2 are made.
Posted by: junior at January 02, 2015 02:25 PM (UWFpX)
Posted by: Zombie Bing Crosby at January 02, 2015 02:25 PM (QWiro)
Posted by: FBI at January 02, 2015 02:12 PM (/eTPT)
It was Howard Sprague in Mayberry, North Carolina.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at January 02, 2015 02:25 PM (W5DcG)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Calling From Inside The House at January 02, 2015 02:26 PM (DT3rQ)
oprah just so happens to be in a new movie that is set for national release in a week -- and will probably bomb
she's pimping her movie -- she doesn't really care about Garner or the other one.
Posted by: All 2014 Soothsayers Must Go Clearance Sale! at January 02, 2015 02:26 PM (haxo2)
Posted by: Kim Jong-Un at January 02, 2015 01:59 PM (t72+4)
"2468"
Posted by: Jay Guevara at January 02, 2015 02:26 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: FirstSonyNowThis at January 02, 2015 02:27 PM (3MiqD)
Posted by: buzzsaw90 at January 02, 2015 02:27 PM (/eTPT)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Calling From Inside The House at January 02, 2015 02:26 PM (DT3rQ)
Me too...
Posted by: hello, it's Me Donna ....again at January 02, 2015 02:27 PM (Bn6aD)
Posted by: All 2014 Soothsayers Must Go Clearance Sale! at January 02, 2015 02:27 PM (haxo2)
Posted by: Nip Sip at January 02, 2015 02:28 PM (0FSuD)
Down for me too..... North Korea?
Posted by: hello, it's Me Donna ....again at January 02, 2015 02:28 PM (Bn6aD)
Posted by: Lena at January 02, 2015 02:28 PM (rwI+c)
Once I discovered that I haven't used anything else.
Posted by: Carol at January 02, 2015 02:28 PM (sj3Ax)
Posted by: ThunderB at January 02, 2015 02:28 PM (zOTsN)
So i have an old dead tube HDTV, 34 inches, weighs 200 pounds. How do i get rid of the darn thing?
Plug it in(outside) and go to town.
Posted by: 12ga 00 Buckshot at January 02, 2015 02:28 PM (XzRw1)
Posted by: All 2014 Soothsayers Must Go Clearance Sale! at January 02, 2015 02:29 PM (haxo2)
Posted by: Carol at January 02, 2015 02:29 PM (sj3Ax)
On a serious note, I suspect that you've never encountered Russians on a forum that draws in international posts. The Russians tend to be *rabidly* nationalistic.
Posted by: junior at January 02, 2015 02:25 PM (UWFpX)
I'll admit, I've never encountered Russians on a forum that draws in international posts. Mainly because I don't frequent forums that draw in international posts.
Always knew that Russkies were rabidly nationalistic, and my first instinct was to riff on Rodina-loving Russian strippers, but I couldn't think of anything funny.
Come to think of it, what I ended up with wasn't funny either. Ya win some ya lose some.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 02, 2015 02:29 PM (TIIx5)
Posted by: Citizen X at January 02, 2015 02:29 PM (7ObY1)
Posted by: All 2014 Soothsayers Must Go Clearance Sale! at January 02, 2015 02:30 PM (haxo2)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at January 02, 2015 02:30 PM (XO6WW)
Posted by: hello, it's Me Donna ....again at January 02, 2015 02:30 PM (Bn6aD)
The password was probably ICantBreathe. Hollywood libs current favorite string of text. Easy to hack dumb libs.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 02, 2015 02:30 PM (IXrOn)
Posted by: zombie at January 02, 2015 02:30 PM (K4YiS)
But if you always lie the statement that you always lie is a lie.
Valerie! Coordinate!!
Posted by: Smokin' Joe Biden at January 02, 2015 02:30 PM (rwI+c)
https://tinyurl.com/phncns6
I checked Fox after the comment about MSN being down, and spotted that.
Posted by: rickl at January 02, 2015 02:30 PM (zoehZ)
Yeah, put it on the curb. Chances are excellent it'll be gone when you get back.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at January 02, 2015 02:31 PM (LA7Cm)
Posted by: richard mcenroe at January 02, 2015 02:31 PM (XO6WW)
Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at January 02, 2015 02:31 PM (XzRw1)
Breaking: Obama Imposes Sanctions Against North Korea
Fox News has the same. What they'd be that mattered any is beyond me.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Calling From Inside The House at January 02, 2015 02:31 PM (DT3rQ)
Princess Bride logic!!!
Posted by: All 2014 Soothsayers Must Go Clearance Sale! at January 02, 2015 02:31 PM (haxo2)
Posted by: richard mcenroe at January 02, 2015 02:31 PM (XO6WW)
Here's a dirty little IT secret: The IT guys at the top companies are usually very good. They have lots of recommendations on how to make things more secure. But, they get overruled for many reasons: Budget, legacy systems, politics, time constraints, etc. In those cases you can try to mitigate the damage possible, but you sometimes have to cross your fingers and hope the bad guys just don't figure out the weakness.
All that goes out the window if the bad guy has intimate knowledge of the systems in place.
Posted by: bonhomme at January 02, 2015 02:31 PM (jhqr1)
Put a FREE sign on it. Gone in 10minutes.
Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at January 02, 2015 02:31 PM (XzRw1)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 02, 2015 02:31 PM (IXrOn)
Posted by: All 2014 Soothsayers Must Go Clearance Sale! at January 02, 2015 02:32 PM (haxo2)
Posted by: Lauren at January 02, 2015 02:32 PM (MYCIw)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at January 02, 2015 02:33 PM (LImiJ)
Posted by: toby928(C) at January 02, 2015 02:33 PM (rwI+c)
Put a FREE sign on it. Gone in 10minutes.
Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at January 02, 2015 02:31 PM (XzRw1)
Even better: Put a sign saying "$20, Inquire Within".
Posted by: rickl at January 02, 2015 02:33 PM (zoehZ)
Posted by: ThunderB at January 02, 2015 02:34 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
I recommend "Palomino".
Posted by: Harry Reid at January 02, 2015 02:35 PM (3rrMW)
*slams popcorn in the trash*
Posted by: Joanne at January 02, 2015 02:35 PM (qbNX7)
Posted by: Old Blue at January 02, 2015 02:35 PM (vVSOO)
Posted by: Nip Sip at January 02, 2015 02:36 PM (0FSuD)
https://tinyurl.com/phncns6
I checked Fox after the comment about MSN being down, and spotted that.
Posted by: rickl at January 02, 2015 02:30 PM (zoehZ)
She looks eerily like the crazy woman, Mason, in Snowpiercer. (Played by Tilda Swinton, but man, great makeup/costume).
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 02, 2015 02:36 PM (IXrOn)
Posted by: Abe Vigoda at January 02, 2015 02:37 PM (/eTPT)
CHICAGO - A seven year old Chicago boy was nearly killed when a group of 'teens' hurled a cement block at him for the fun of it. The boy was sitting in a car alone while his parents were running an errand.
The boy appears to be a fair-skinned Latino. Media outlet are refusing to report the race of the suspects. They are only saying that it was 'three teens' or 'three teens aged 13 to 18.'
Posted by: RWC - Nobody Bodda Me at January 02, 2015 02:37 PM (fWAjv)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Calling From Inside The House at January 02, 2015 02:37 PM (DT3rQ)
Yeah.... almost like it used to be normal for Americans to be Pro America...
Luckily I was more into Napoleonics... but the French vs. Russia stuff on those forums used to get pretty funny...
Posted by: BB Wolf at January 02, 2015 02:37 PM (qh617)
Posted by: navybrat at January 02, 2015 02:38 PM (JgC5a)
Posted by: Max Baer Jr. at January 02, 2015 02:38 PM (QWiro)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
I recommend "Palomino".
Posted by: Harry Reid at January 02, 2015 02:35 PM (3rrMW)
Well.... it IS a safeword....
Posted by: Nazi Pelosi at January 02, 2015 02:39 PM (qh617)
Posted by: All 2014 Soothsayers Must Go Clearance Sale! at January 02, 2015 02:39 PM (haxo2)
Posted by: hello, it's Me Donna ....again at January 02, 2015 02:39 PM (Bn6aD)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 02, 2015 02:40 PM (M1uf/)
You end up with an EXTREMELY secure password that's easier to remember than l33tsp34k garbage.
Posted by: bonhomme at January 02, 2015 02:40 PM (jhqr1)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 02, 2015 02:40 PM (M1uf/)
I can't open HA or Townhall.
Didn't RS sell out to someone else?
Posted by: Carol at January 02, 2015 02:41 PM (sj3Ax)
Posted by: Citizen X at January 02, 2015 02:41 PM (7ObY1)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2015 02:41 PM (nfmRC)
Posted by: Baldy at January 02, 2015 02:41 PM (+35FH)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
I recommend "Palomino".
Posted by: Harry Reid at January 02, 2015 02:35 PM (3rrMW)
Don't use "Omaha." They're onto it.
Posted by: Peyton Manning at January 02, 2015 02:41 PM (oKE6c)
MAAAATTT DAMMMONNN!
Posted by: Film Actors Guild at January 02, 2015 01:57 PM (QWiro)
um.
Inside Job (2010)
Stars: Matt Damon,...
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1645089/?ref_=fn_al_tt_4
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 02, 2015 02:42 PM (IXrOn)
Cryptic "nice 'knowing' you" comments here and on Twitter. Which needless to say set off alarm bells.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Calling From Inside The House at January 02, 2015 02:42 PM (DT3rQ)
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We're not sure. There's a cryptic sign-off post up thread, but no one's sure what prompted it.
Posted by: junior at January 02, 2015 02:42 PM (UWFpX)
You end up with an EXTREMELY secure password that's easier to remember than l33tsp34k garbage.
Posted by: bonhomme at January 02, 2015 02:40 PM (jhqr1)
LastPass will set you free.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at January 02, 2015 02:43 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: All 2014 Soothsayers Must Go Clearance Sale! at January 02, 2015 02:43 PM (haxo2)
Hey, at least they stopped using 12345...
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Calling From Inside The House at January 02, 2015 02:43 PM (DT3rQ)
Posted by: Nancy Kulp's Strap-On at January 02, 2015 02:43 PM (QWiro)
I read her wiki bio. I vaguely remember seeing her in Beverly Hillbillies. Apparently she was a litigious woman, even sued based on the theory the movie Sister Act was based on a book she had partial rights to.
Posted by: bonhomme at January 02, 2015 02:43 PM (jhqr1)
Posted by: FirstSonyNowThis at January 02, 2015 02:43 PM (3MiqD)
This. Every IT department in existence knows it, too. So why hadn't Sony ended this "former employee's" access?
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 02, 2015 02:43 PM (M1uf/)
He took Ellie May and he tied her to the bed.
Posted by: The Great White Snark at January 02, 2015 02:44 PM (LImiJ)
I use KeePass, but you still need a strong password to lock the KeePass database.
Posted by: bonhomme at January 02, 2015 02:44 PM (jhqr1)
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my 54321 password was secure until i ran across a dyslexic hacker
Posted by: buzzsaw90 at January 02, 2015 02:44 PM (/eTPT)
Posted by: RWC - Nobody Bodda Me at January 02, 2015 02:37 PM (fWAjv)
You know what the failure to report race/ethnicity means: the Scandis have struck again.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at January 02, 2015 02:44 PM (oKE6c)
The last time that happened, we lost a Moron. I'm not okay with that.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 02, 2015 02:45 PM (M1uf/)
This. Every IT department in existence knows it, too. So why hadn't Sony ended this "former employee's" access?
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If she got wind of the upcoming lay-offs, then she might have added a backdoor that no one noticed. Assuming that she's actually the one responsible.
Posted by: junior at January 02, 2015 02:45 PM (UWFpX)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at January 02, 2015 02:33 PM (LImiJ)
It's even worse than that. I thought her answer was pretty thoughtful actually. She noted that she didn't worry about equality because women who came before her had fought for that. She said that was kind of a bad thing but that it's not something she has to think about because hey women achieved that.
The big fuss is her saying that she cooks every night for her husband and she likes serving him. Everyone freaked out about that and ignored the first part. You know, the part where she said I'm so in control at work that it's nice to come home and serve someone else.
Let's see. She's been working since she was a teenager. With the new contract, she is now the highest paid actress in Hollywood and may be one of the highest paid actresses ever. She makes the same as her male co-stars.
She is what feminists claimed they wanted. A woman who succeeds on her own and makes what the guys make and cannot be slut shamed, what with her saying that the best decision she ever made was getting breast implants when she was 18.
But nope. She doesn't worry about equality because she's achieved it. She notes that she likes being married and likes taking care of her husband, you know, like a non-psychopathic partner does.
BURN THE HERETIC.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at January 02, 2015 02:46 PM (mf5HN)
Buddy Ebsen was a good man; definitely one of us. When left wing radical lesbian Miss Hathaway ran for a PA house seat, Ebsen campaigned for her opponent!
Posted by: All 2014 Soothsayers Must Go Clearance Sale! at January 02, 2015 02:46 PM (haxo2)
Who was that the last time?
Posted by: Carol at January 02, 2015 02:46 PM (sj3Ax)
See my comment upthread. I'm almost certain they did end her access, but she knows everything about the system. Including which machines aren't updated for x where x may include legacy compatibility, boss wants blah on it, politics, money, time, etc.
Posted by: bonhomme at January 02, 2015 02:47 PM (jhqr1)
Posted by: Null at January 02, 2015 02:47 PM (xjpRj)
Yes. But 1- you only need one, and 2- KeePass will let you use a pass phrase, which is actually more secure and easier to remember (see also: XKCD) than a "strong" password.
And I don't know about the others, but KeePass has a version that'll fit on a USB drive, so you can take it with you.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 02, 2015 02:47 PM (M1uf/)
No kidding. Hoping someone can get in touch for a clarification. He didn't respond to my DM on Twitter, but that doesn't mean much. Hoping for the best, but it's got that Joffren vibe...
Sorry to invoke it, but it's what I'm afraid of.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Calling From Inside The House at January 02, 2015 02:47 PM (DT3rQ)
Posted by: junior at January 02, 2015 02:47 PM (UWFpX)
My guess is that Sony turned to Obama to cover their asses with their celebs and, in keeping with the "Don't let a crisis go to waste" mantra, turned lemons into lemonade.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 02, 2015 02:48 PM (ZrDPU)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 02, 2015 02:49 PM (M1uf/)
And I don't know about the others, but KeePass has a version that'll fit on a USB drive, so you can take it with you.
I advocated for using a passphrase, that's what Jay Guevara was responding to.
I put my KeePass database on a couple of different cloud drives. That way I can reach it from anywhere that has net access.
Posted by: bonhomme at January 02, 2015 02:50 PM (jhqr1)
So, not necessarily a bad omen.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 02, 2015 02:50 PM (IXrOn)
Posted by: junior at January 02, 2015 02:47 PM (UWFpX)
Oh that's already happened but then again it's right wing women saying that and they aren't really women.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at January 02, 2015 02:50 PM (mf5HN)
"The United States imposed fresh sanctions on North Korea on Friday, targeting top state officials and defense-related organizations in an attempt to punish North Korea for a crippling cyberattack against Sony. The sanctions marked the first public act of retribution by the U.S."
Posted by: mallfly at January 02, 2015 02:50 PM (bJm7W)
True.
But that just indicates they have private employee information sitting somewhere it had no business sitting. Because either their network isn't properly protected by a DMZ, or their DMZ has inappropriate access to their internal network.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 02, 2015 02:51 PM (M1uf/)
Posted by: Carol at January 02, 2015 02:51 PM (sj3Ax)
Posted by: mallfly at January 02, 2015 02:50 PM (bJm7W
Smoke and mirrors... What is Barry really up to?
Posted by: hello, it's Me Donna ....again at January 02, 2015 02:51 PM (Bn6aD)
i think polliwog has contact with him
Posted by: All 2014 Soothsayers Must Go Clearance Sale! at January 02, 2015 02:43 PM (haxo2)
I think so too. Is she around? Maybe she can get in touch with him
Posted by: grammie winger at January 02, 2015 02:51 PM (dFi94)
I'll just go shit in the woods while you guys bomb North Korea...
Posted by: The Bear at January 02, 2015 02:52 PM (MMa93)
So, not necessarily a bad omen.
Well yeah, but she explained in advance. This was kinda outta nowhere unless I missed something (entirely possible).
Of course I've been on a worry-hairtrigger for going on 8 months now, so I may just be reading too much into it.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Calling From Inside The House at January 02, 2015 02:52 PM (DT3rQ)
264 @258
This. Every IT department in existence knows it, too. So why hadn't Sony ended this "former employee's" access?
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If she got wind of the upcoming lay-offs, then she might have added a backdoor that no one noticed. Assuming that she's actually the one responsible.
Posted by: junior at January 02, 2015 02:45 PM (UWFpX)
simpler.... as a Mail admin... or a server admin... you need to have admin accounts you use to start services... and so the various servers can work together.
Changing THOSE passwords, means you have to go to every service and change them individually, on every server...
If you have hundreds of servers... its almost impossible as your servers would be wonky until the process is completed... meaning significant downtime every time someone who could know those accounts / passwords leaves the company.
I left my last company 6 months ago... and I can guarantee they did not change those... even though they killed 'my' admin account...
Which would give me access to..... oh... 70 or 80 THOUSAND medical records?
Posted by: BB Wolf at January 02, 2015 02:53 PM (qh617)
Posted by: grammie winger at January 02, 2015 02:53 PM (dFi94)
Posted by: All 2014 Soothsayers Must Go Clearance Sale! at January 02, 2015 02:53 PM (haxo2)
Posted by: steevy at January 02, 2015 02:53 PM (v5UtH)
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No, this was definitely odd enough to be concerned about.
Posted by: junior at January 02, 2015 02:54 PM (UWFpX)
I love your commentary on feminism. Most of the 'ettes, really, but I must admit yours are something special (HR's, too, when we get them).
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 02, 2015 02:54 PM (M1uf/)
Posted by: Mistress NOpe at January 02, 2015 02:54 PM (2/oBD)
heart problem and he's been depressed off and on..
Posted by: All 2014 Soothsayers Must Go Clearance Sale! at January 02, 2015 02:55 PM (haxo2)
So, not necessarily a bad omen.
Well yeah, but she explained in advance. This was kinda outta nowhere unless I missed something (entirely possible).
Of course I've been on a worry-hairtrigger for going on 8 months now, so I may just be reading too much into it.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Calling From Inside The House at January 02, 2015 02:52 PM (DT3rQ)
He did the ..., like "wtf?" so hoping it's just that. Tired of it.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 02, 2015 02:55 PM (IXrOn)
Posted by: Carol at January 02, 2015 02:55 PM (sj3Ax)
Sorry to invoke it, but it's what I'm afraid of.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Calling From Inside The House
A few days ago he was talking about having depression in the past and that he was starting to have symptoms again. Later he posted that he had talked to the cardiac rehab folks about it and they felt he was clinically depressed.
Posted by: Aviator at January 02, 2015 02:56 PM (3rrMW)
Sure wish he was asked which insurance provider he preferred and which plan he chose.
Posted by: Joanne at January 02, 2015 02:56 PM (qbNX7)
Love the "Warning - dragging out soapbox" one.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2015 02:56 PM (nfmRC)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 02, 2015 02:51 PM (M1uf/)
Sony if a huge company, spanning multiple offices and locations...
It would be very normal if the firewalls allowed 'some' VPNs through...
Posted by: BB Wolf at January 02, 2015 02:57 PM (qh617)
Sort of. There are plenty of scripts out there that will update groups of servers all at once. You do a "planned outage" where you take down the server for 8 hours, and you're fine.
That's also why good security policy includes a security locker (like KeePass or similar, but on an Enterprise scale) to prevent anyone- including the admins- from actually knowing passwords.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 02, 2015 02:57 PM (M1uf/)
Yeah I've been waiting a long time for my drivers license in Mexico along with my welfare checks and health care...
Posted by: hello, it's Me Donna ....again at January 02, 2015 02:58 PM (Bn6aD)
Which would give me access to..... oh... 70 or 80 THOUSAND medical records?
Posted by: BB Wolf at January 02, 2015 02:53 PM (qh617)
I had root access to everything, and I do mean everything, at the old firm. For awhile, I was also the person who was taking the daily backup drives to the off site location since I drove past it on the way home.
I kept pointing out to the office manager that if I ever got pissed off enough, I could destroy everything. Buh bye entire computer system including all the back ups. Hello releasing everything into the wild.
She poopoohed it because "Oh you would never do that". I told her she was right. I wouldn't. Doesn't mean no one else would.
I will admit that there were days when I was sorely tempted to "accidentally" put everyone's salary on an open server and see how long it took people to find it.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at January 02, 2015 02:58 PM (mf5HN)
Yeah I've been waiting a long time for my drivers license in Mexico along with my welfare checks and health care...
Posted by: hello, it's Me Donna ....again at January 02, 2015 02:58 PM
oops, wasn't a response to this but the Ca. illegals getting drivers licenses...
Posted by: hello, it's Me Donna ....again at January 02, 2015 02:59 PM (Bn6aD)
Posted by: grammie winger at January 02, 2015 02:59 PM (dFi94)
Posted by: Carol at January 02, 2015 02:59 PM (sj3Ax)
A peso doesn't go as far as it used to.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2015 02:59 PM (nfmRC)
Most of the people are reasonably sane but several I was warned in advance had to be treated with great caution. It wasn't unusual for the more power mad execs to demand network rights far in excess of what they should need to do their job. They don't necessarily even know what is kept there. All that matters is that they have more than the other guys. These are the guys that need to find a car with a sixteen cylinder engine if some other guy on the same floor gets a twelve cylinder.
On top of this, these same guys are often incredibly helpless when it comes to using their PC, relying on their assistant to keep track of passwords. Scott Rudin is notorious for going through assistants at a pace measured in weeks. The opportunity for mayhem by a tech savvy disgruntled assistant who teams up with some serious hacking talent could do quite a lot with those logins if they aren't changed at the same time a new assistant is brought in.
Posted by: epobirs at January 02, 2015 02:59 PM (B9mWr)
Posted by: grammie winger at January 02, 2015 02:59 PM (dFi94)
Yes please do...
Posted by: hello, it's Me Donna ....again at January 02, 2015 02:59 PM (Bn6aD)
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Also doesn't mean that you won't have "one bad day" when you get so frustrated about something that you do end up putting it out there.
And it was also a safety issue for you. If someone else had managed to get hold of that information, you would have been the first person that the cops looked at.
Posted by: junior at January 02, 2015 03:00 PM (UWFpX)
Captain Whitebread, if you're reading this, please check in and let us know you're ok. We care about you an awful lot.
Posted by: grammie winger at January 02, 2015 02:59 PM (dFi94)
This x 11!! Your hordeling family wants to hear from you.
Posted by: flounder at January 02, 2015 03:00 PM (FHh8u)
I thought it was Joffen but wasn't sure because I didn't know Ghengis.
I think we found out about Backhoe here.
Posted by: Carol at January 02, 2015 03:01 PM (sj3Ax)
Selective inside-Hollywood e-mail releases are biggest clue. Unless Chi-Comm assisted with intel from their "Department of Hawt Buttons to Surreptitiously Push in US", Norks would not have blasted out racist e-mails, unequal man/women pay issues and HIPPA violations with medical data (Paging plaintiff's attorney bar, new class action, line 1") . AND Chi-Comm would not hit movie division of Sony, looking instead for tech stuff --unless done by their "Department of US Movie Piracy"--then they would have laid low for future releases.
My take, FWIW
Posted by: eureka! at January 02, 2015 03:01 PM (dvZET)
True... if the Sony architecture had planned for this contingency...
Problem is that in most companies, IT grows more like an out of control cancer... than something which follows a blueprint.
and Sony is HUGE...
Posted by: BB Wolf at January 02, 2015 03:02 PM (qh617)
Fixed for scenario #2.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2015 03:03 PM (nfmRC)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Calling From Inside The House at January 02, 2015 02:37 PM (DT3rQ)
That is NOT good. He has admitted before that he is undergoing bouts of depression following his heart procedure, so he is in a vulnerable space right now.
Who set up his GoFundMe? That person should have his contact information. Somebody needs to go see him and give support.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 02, 2015 03:03 PM (Ic0b7)
But you'd still need credentials to use those VPNs. Unless there was a secured direct connection- but that kind of thing should have been killed along with her access.
And, frankly, it doesn't matter how big Sony is. If anything, that means there's less excuse, because they should have an IT Security Team on top of those kinds of things and stopping them before they start.
I guess I can see how it would sort of work, if she had an admin userid and password (contra-policy), then she could (if she remembered the IP or root addresses necessary) telnet into a public facing (outside the DMZ) server. Assuming she could do that, with an admin login, she could then install VPN software that would let her VPN (as admin, no less) inside the DMZ, and then everything is open for her.
The problem with that is twofold. First, the DMZ should be set up not to allow any traffic originating from a DMZ server IN TO the secured network. That's HIPAA IT Security 101. Second, the things she would have to remember would be incredible, and unless she has some kind of near-perfect memory, that indicates a lot of planning, too.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 02, 2015 03:03 PM (M1uf/)
Posted by: Costanza Defense at January 02, 2015 03:05 PM (ZPrif)
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Posted by: Lauren at January 02, 2015 03:05 PM (MYCIw)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 02, 2015 02:54 PM (M1uf/)
Awwww thanks.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at January 02, 2015 03:05 PM (mf5HN)
aka, an insurance policy.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2015 03:06 PM (nfmRC)
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Posted by: mallfly at January 02, 2015 03:07 PM (bJm7W)
Posted by: Costanza Defense at January 02, 2015 03:08 PM (ZPrif)
We did, but that was a different situation, too. I think Backhoe was ready to Go Home and see his loves, but he passed peacefully as far as I know.
Joffen... well, Joffen got too depressed one night. I'm praying that Cpt. Whitebread is not in the same place. His kid was here not to long ago, I think- does anyone have Son of Whitebread's contact info?
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 02, 2015 03:08 PM (M1uf/)
Hot Air has been inaccessible to me for over an hour.
DDOS?
Hack?
Allahpundit farted so bad they evacuated the office?
Posted by: zombie at January 02, 2015 03:08 PM (K4YiS)
Red State won't open either. I think they did sell out to Human Events?
Both my lamps in living room are flickering, that's weird.
My brother is back in the hospital with pneumonia again. Nursing home called after 3 this morning. I've got to call & ask if they put him in a room yet. He was sleeping in ER earlier.
Posted by: Carol at January 02, 2015 03:08 PM (sj3Ax)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 02, 2015 03:09 PM (IXrOn)
:0
Posted by: zombie at January 02, 2015 03:09 PM (K4YiS)
Posted by: mallfly at January 02, 2015 03:10 PM (bJm7W)
Posted by: Costanza Defense at January 02, 2015 03:10 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at January 02, 2015 03:11 PM (M1uf/)
It's Friday. Toss up an early ONT & break out teh boobehs!
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2015 03:11 PM (nfmRC)
Posted by: Lauren at January 02, 2015 03:11 PM (p93HU)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 02, 2015 03:11 PM (IXrOn)
Posted by: Costanza Defense at January 02, 2015 03:12 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: An Observation at January 02, 2015 03:13 PM (ylhEn)
2014 Man of the Year: John Burkhalter
"I've always been an athlete," John Burkhalter explained in an interview, revealing that he was once a male stripper going by the name "Metro Express" for a low-end Chippendales circuit in Arkansas.
heh.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 02, 2015 03:14 PM (IXrOn)
In an adequately designed network? With good IT people? Yes...
With the standard crap I see every day??? Like companies using Linux based firewalls... which they set up so they can start the remotely?
With virtual servers running on boxes with outside world access so they can start them?
Not to mention all the remote control software available out there...
Many large companies have outsourced their IT to save money... and its biting them on the butt...
Posted by: BB Wolf at January 02, 2015 03:15 PM (qh617)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at January 02, 2015 03:17 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: An Observation at January 02, 2015 03:19 PM (ylhEn)
Guess Twitchy is on a different server or something.
Ed Morrissey @EdMorrissey 54m
Salem/Townhall data center experiencing issues. Our websites, except Twitchy and Godvine, are down for the moment. Working on solution.
Posted by: Costanza Defense at January 02, 2015 03:20 PM (ZPrif)
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Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at January 02, 2015 07:00 PM (F0Cog)
The only thing that was new was the revelations in the internal memos. Now those were interesting.
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