Just imagine how much "kompromat" Russia now has, for 2024

[intrepidity]

Re: the cybersecurity breach.

It's looking like Putin's efforts in 2016 have paid him back so abundantly, that he didn't even need a second term from Trump. But he may now have the tools to reward him again in 4 years.

What if the prospect of Russian election interference actually caused a diversion of attention away from this other massive hacking effort? If it can be shown that resources were reassigned from areas that were subsequently compromised by this hack, then it's a credible premise.

The magnitude of this hack reminds me of how Niels Bohr described quantum theory: "Those who are not shocked when they first come across quantum theory cannot possibly have understood it."

This feels a bit like that.

[Johonny]

1. Biden should let them back in G8 in exchange for the pee pee tape

After 4 years of putting up with that idiot, I think we've earned a chance to laugh at him one last humiliating time.

[Arne]

2. 3D chess.

That is two levels up stuff.

[relayerbob]

3. Is it really "hacking" when POTUS hands you the passwords?

Sadly, it seems folks don't get that this (compromising the US and weakening us dramatically) was the goal of Russia all along, and has been since day one. They don't give a shit about Trump, he's just another loud mouth liability to them now. They'll find some other patsy if they need to inflict more damage. If Trump has any brains, he'll stay well away from Russia after Jan 20 (which means he won't).

[dewsgirl]

4. Exactly this.

[uponit7771]

6. +1, wide spread hacks like this take someone from the inside. There's no op sec whatsoever

... in the US now, systems have to be built from ground up now and then we still have some crap that wont get detected.

[Skittles]

5. what kills me is

what kind of kompromat could they possibly have or get on these, er, fuckers to make them seem more thoroughly disgusting than we already know them to be