Russian Spy Ring Needed Some Serious IT Help 191
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from the close-your-spy-network dept.
from the close-your-spy-network dept.
coondoggie writes "The Russian ring charged this week with spying on the United States faced some of the common security problems that plague many companies — misconfigured wireless networks, users writing passwords on slips of paper, and laptop help desk issues that take months to resolve."
Encryption (Score:5, Funny)
They encrypted everything using ROT13, TWICE! How much better security can you get?
Re:Spying? There's no App for that?! (Score:5, Funny)
they were just make it look ... (Score:2, Funny)
they were just make it look like you standard network, so they do not arouse suspicion ..... ;-)
Re:Well this just proves (Score:3, Funny)
I know! It's just the same with the half-dozen ninja assassins lurking in my apartment!
But they're there. I can feel it.
Re:I find this entire story to be a load of shit (Score:5, Funny)
The United States gets very offended by espionage activity, because we would never do it to anyone else. They promise. Not a single satellite [wikipedia.org]. No high altitude spy planes [wikipedia.org]. No high altitude long range supersonic spy planes [wikipedia.org] (we retired all of these, we promise). No remote control spy planes [wikipedia.org]. No flock [cia.gov] of [dia.mil] agencies [nsa.gov] with covert operations world wide. Nope, not the US. Keep your spies out of our country, we don't do it to you.
Excuse me, there are a couple nice men in black suits knocking at my door that just want to ask me a few questions.
Re:Thats the least of their problems. (Score:5, Funny)
"Your password has expired"
"Your password is too similar to your last password"
"Your password much be entirely different than the previous 50 passwords"
Re:Thats the least of their problems. (Score:5, Funny)
That is indeed the least of their problems. I've heard their computers were themselves full of
(puts on sunglasses)
spyware.
Funny (Score:2, Funny)
If they had just called themselves a business intelligence and consulting service for foreign investors, they wouldn't have any problems.
And if you call yourself a lobbyist you can even funnel money from foreign governments into your congressman's pocket.
Re:I find this entire story to be a load of shit (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Encryption (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Well this just proves (Score:3, Funny)
> The US guys couldn't figure it out, so they consulted British scientists!
Truly dumb. I wouldn't have even needed scientists--I would have started with the question "So, have you gotten any gifts from any Russians recently?"
Re:Thats the least of their problems. (Score:4, Funny)
I'm surprised he didn't get assaulted in the parking lot after a month.