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'The warning lights are blinking red again'

Rogue Valley

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US intelligence chief: 'The warning lights are blinking red again' on cyberattacks

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US Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Dan Coats

7/14/18
Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats raised the alarm on growing cyberattack threats against the United States, saying the situation is at a "critical point" and coming out forcefully against Russia. "The warning signs are there. The system is blinking. It is why I believe we are at a critical point," Coats said, addressing the Hudson Institute in Washington, DC, on Friday. "Today, the digital infrastructure that serves this country is literally under attack," he said. Coats compared the "warning signs" to those the United States faced ahead of the September 11 terrorist attacks. "It was in the months prior to September 2001 when, according to then-CIA Director George Tenet, the system is blinking red. And here we are nearly two decades later, and I'm here to say, the warning lights are blinking red again," Coats said. Coats said the "worst offenders" are Russia, China, Iran and North Korea -- with Russia the "most aggressive foreign actor, no question. And they continue their efforts to undermine our democracy." Every day, those countries "are penetrating our digital infrastructure and conducting a range of cyber intrusions and attacks against targets in the United States," he said. Some of their targets include the federal government, the US military, state and local governments, and US businesses, he said.
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Sorry Mr. Coats but as I post your warning, Donald Trump is winging his way to Moscow to offer concessions to our enemy, ahem ... "competitor". Vladimir Putin is "just fine" according to Trump.

Any revelations that Russia is attacking the US today is "fake news" and somehow the fault of Barack Obama, despite the fact that Donald Trump has been president now for 1½ years.

Related: Top US intel official on Russian cyberattacks: “the warning signs are there”
 
Rogue Valley said:
US intelligence chief: 'The warning lights are blinking red again' on cyberattacks
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That's strange.
Trump's Kirstjen Nielsen, Homeland Security Secretary said that it's looking much better!

DHS Secretary Nielsen: Russia Isn'''t Targeting Midterms Like 2016 | Time
PHILADELPHIA — The U.S. homeland security secretary said on Saturday there are no signs that Russia is targeting this year's midterm elections with the same "scale or scope" it targeted the 2016 presidential election. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen spoke at a convention of state secretaries of state, an event that's usually a low-key affair highlighting voter registration, balloting devices and election security issues that don't get much public attention. But coming amid fresh allegations into Russia's attempts to sway the 2016 election, the sessions on election security have a higher level of urgency and interest.
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here's the deal: we have a US POTUS that continues to heap praise upon Putin, all while our POTUS attacks our people here in the US.

To be honest, I have never in my life time witnessed a POTUS to be this blatant in his praise for an enemy, and his trashing of Americans.

I know what this is called but do you realize it for what it is?

America is burning down; anybody know why?

Anyone paying attention?

Anyone give a ****? ..........
 
Why should Trump be worried about cyber attacks? He knows anything targeting elections will benefit him. And his (lemmings) followers have no thoughts that there is any concern for our country.
 
Rosie1 said:
Why should Trump be worried about cyber attacks? He knows anything targeting elections will benefit him. And his (lemmings) followers have no thoughts that there is any concern for our country.
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That's it in a nutshell. Trump places possible future electoral gain ahead of our national security.
 
cuban smokes said:
here's the deal: we have a US POTUS that continues to heap praise upon Putin, all while our POTUS attacks our people here in the US.

To be honest, I have never in my life time witnessed a POTUS to be this blatant in his praise for an enemy, and his trashing of Americans.

I know what this is called but do you realize it for what it is?

America is burning down; anybody know why?

Anyone paying attention?

Anyone give a ****? ..........
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And people called Obama anti-american.
 
well it's not just America they are targeting all western countries and we're very much getting sick of it, certainly, my patience has run out and I can only hope that my government's patience has run out too... same goes for China.
 
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