Russian Spy Ring Needed Some Serious IT Help 191
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.