AP: Hacked networks will need to be burned 'down to the ground'

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https://www.localmemphis.com/mobile/article/news/nation-world/hacked-networks-will-need-to-be-burned-down-to-the-ground/507-22bba732-e81f-4494-8c4b-4e5cff424e40

It’s not clear exactly what the hackers were seeking, but experts say it could include nuclear secrets and blueprints for advanced weaponry.

Author: FRANK BAJAK (AP Technology Writer)
Published: 7:02 PM CST December 18, 2020
Updated: 7:25 AM CST December 19, 2020

WASHINGTON — It’s going to take months to kick elite hackers widely believed to be Russian out of the U.S. government networks they have been quietly rifling through since as far back as March in Washington’s worst cyberespionage failure on record.

Experts say there simply are not enough skilled threat-hunting teams to duly identify all the government and private-sector systems that may have been hacked. FireEye, the cybersecurity company that discovered the intrusion into U.S. agencies and was among the victims, has already tallied dozens of casualties. It's racing to identify more.

“We have a serious problem. We don’t know what networks they are in, how deep they are, what access they have, what tools they left,” said Bruce Schneier, a prominent security expert and Harvard fellow.

Much more at link.

[CrispyQ]

1. Has republican leadership issued a statement about this?

Oh my bad. They're too busy stacking the courts.

[SheltieLover]

2. If you consider chumputin a "leader" then yes. It's a hoax.

And somehow, this hoax is attributable to China, not putin.

Dump tweet from earlier. Posted on DU. (Sorry, no link but if you look, you'll find it. Fairly recent.)

[SheltieLover]

3. Here is one

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100214734332

[CrispyQ]

7. Thanks. That's what I was looking for--someone other than the Con.

The GOP should have impeached the Con the day after Biden was announced the winner—cut themselves loose from this anchor, & give themselves two years to soothe the hurt feelings of the base, & be free of the orange turd in 2024. IMO, they're gonna regret they didn't do that.

[SheltieLover]

8. Agreed!

They will regret their actions!

And gawd help them if/when their often violent supporters realize how GOP used them & conned big $ from them!

[SheltieLover]

5. Another link

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100214734256

[Demsrule86]

4. This is why we don't privatize the government...the private sector has a different agenda than

the government...money not security.

[SheltieLover]

6. Absolutely!

Great point!

[Klaralven]

9. A major corporation would have about 10,000 to 100,000 servers to scan and potentially remediate

They would have a dozen or more major data centers geographically distributed over a half dozen countries.

With perhaps hundreds of minor locations.

Hopefully they have layered and segmented networks with lots of internal firewalls and strong software configuration management.

If they were still depending of external firewalls to protect one big internal network using the M&M strategy, they are pretty out of luck. (M&Ms - hard on the outside; soft and chewy on the inside.)

[SheltieLover]

10. Wow!

Ty for sharing!