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Zapadera: Chisokonezo chofala ku Russia chadzetsa nkhani zabodza zokayikitsa kapena zabodza zomwe zakulitsa Nkhondo Yozizira Yatsopano, monga momwe Gareth Porter amanenera za nkhani zabodza za mwezi watha za kuthyolako kwa gridi yamagetsi yaku US.

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Pakati pavuto lalikulu lapakhomo pa mlandu wa US kuti Russia idasokoneza chisankho cha US, Dipatimenti ya Chitetezo cha Kwawo (DHS) inayambitsa chisokonezo chapadziko lonse popanga ndi kufalitsa nkhani yabodza ya kuwononga kwa Russia ku zipangizo zamagetsi za US.

DHS idayambitsa nkhani yosavomerezeka ya kompyuta yomwe idabedwa ku Burlington, Vermont Electricity department potumiza ma manejala akampaniyo zidziwitso zosokeretsa komanso zowopsa, kenaka adatulutsa nkhani yomwe amadziwa kuti ndi yabodza ndikupitilira kufalitsa uthenga wosokeretsa kwa atolankhani. .

Chodabwitsa kwambiri, komabe, DHS idafalitsa kale nkhani yabodza yofanana ndi ya Russia yobera pampu yamadzi ya Springfield, Illinois mu Novembala 2011.

Nkhani ya momwe DHS idafalitsa kawiri nkhani zabodza zoyesa ku Russia kuti awononge "zomangamanga" zaku US ndi nkhani yochenjeza momwe atsogoleri akuluakulu amapezerapo mwayi pachitukuko chilichonse chandale kuti apititse patsogolo zofuna zake, kunyalanyaza chowonadi.

DHS idachita kampeni yayikulu yapagulu yoyang'ana pa zomwe akuti akuwopseza ku Russia ku zida zamagetsi zaku US koyambirira kwa chaka cha 2016. Ntchitoyi idapezerapo mwayi poimbidwa mlandu waku Russia wotsutsana ndi zida zamagetsi zaku Ukraine mu Disembala 2015 kulimbikitsa imodzi mwa ntchito zazikulu za bungweli - kuteteza motsutsana ndi kuwukira kwa cyber pa zomangamanga zaku America.

Kuyambira kumapeto kwa Marichi 2016, DHS ndi FBI adachita mndandanda wazinthu 12 zosadziwika bwino zamakampani opanga magetsi m'mizinda isanu ndi itatu yotchedwa, "Ukraine Cyber ​​Attack: tanthauzo kwa omwe akukhudzidwa ndi US." DHS idalengeza poyera kuti, "Zochitika izi zikuyimira chimodzi mwazinthu zodziwika bwino zakuthupi zomwe zidachitika chifukwa cha kuwukira kwa cyber."

Mawuwa adapewa kuti asatchule kuti milandu yoyamba yakuwonongeka kwazinthu zamtundu uliwonse kuchokera pakuwukira kwa cyber sinali motsutsana ndi United States, koma idaperekedwa ku Iran ndi oyang'anira a Obama ndi Israel mu 2009 ndi 2012.

Kuyambira mu Okutobala 2016, DHS idakhala m'modzi mwa osewera ofunikira kwambiri - limodzi ndi CIA-mu sewero lazandale pa zomwe akuti aku Russia akufuna kuwongolera chisankho cha 2016 kwa a Donald Trump. Kenako pa Disembala 29, DHS ndi FBI adagawa "Joint Analysis Report" ku mabungwe amagetsi aku US m'dziko lonselo ndi zomwe akuti ndi "zizindikiro" zoyeserera zanzeru zaku Russia zolowera ndikusokoneza makompyuta aku US, kuphatikiza maukonde okhudzana ndi Purezidenti. chisankho, chomwe chidachitcha "GRIZZLY STEPPE."

Lipotilo lidapereka momveka bwino kuzinthu zothandizira kuti "zida ndi zomangamanga" zomwe akuti zidagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi mabungwe azamalamulo aku Russia kuti zikhudze zisankho zinali zoopsa kwa iwonso. Komabe, malinga ndi a Robert M. Lee, woyambitsa komanso wamkulu wa kampani yachitetezo cha cyber Dragos, yemwe adapanga imodzi mwamapulogalamu akale kwambiri aboma la US kuti adziteteze ku machitidwe achitetezo aku US, lipotilo lidasokeretsa olandira. .

"Aliyense amene amagwiritsa ntchito angaganize kuti akukhudzidwa ndi machitidwe aku Russia," adatero Lee. "Tidayang'ana zizindikiro zomwe zili mu lipotilo ndikupeza kuti anthu ambiri anali onama."

Lee ndi antchito ake adangopeza mndandanda wambiri wamndandanda wamafayilo a pulogalamu yaumbanda omwe angalumikizike ndi achiwembu aku Russia popanda chidziwitso chambiri chokhudza nthawi. Momwemonso gawo lalikulu la ma adilesi a IP omwe adalembedwa atha kulumikizidwa ku "GRIZZLY STEPPE" pamadeti ena okha, omwe sanaperekedwe.

The Intercept inapeza kuti 42 peresenti ya ma adilesi 876 a IP omwe adalembedwa mu lipotilo kuti adagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi achiwembu aku Russia anali malo otuluka a Tor Project, dongosolo lomwe limalola olemba mabulogu, atolankhani ndi ena - kuphatikiza magulu ankhondo - kuti atuluke. sungani mauthenga awo pa intaneti mwachinsinsi.

Lee adati ogwira ntchito ku DHS omwe adagwirapo zaukadaulo mu lipotilo ndi odziwa zambiri, koma chikalatacho chidakhala chopanda ntchito pomwe akuluakulu adayika ndikuchotsa mbali zina zazikulu za lipotilo ndikuwonjezera zina zomwe sizimayenera kukhalamo. Akukhulupirira kuti DHS idapereka lipotilo "zandale," zomwe zinali "kuwonetsa kuti DHS imakutetezani."

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Atalandira lipoti la DHS-FBI gulu lachitetezo pa netiweki la Burlington Electric Company nthawi yomweyo lidasakasaka zipika zamakompyuta pogwiritsa ntchito ma adilesi a IP omwe adaperekedwa. Imodzi mwa ma adilesi a IP omwe atchulidwa mu lipotilo ngati chizindikiro chakubera kwa Russia atapezeka pazipika, bungweli lidayimbira DHS kuti lidziwitse monga idalangizidwa ndi DHS.

Nyumba ya Washington Post kumzinda wa Washington, DC (Photo credit: Washington Post)

M'malo mwake, adilesi ya IP pakompyuta ya Burlington Electric Company inali chabe seva ya imelo ya Yahoo, malinga ndi Lee, kotero sichikanakhala chizindikiro chovomerezeka cha kuyesa kulowerera pa intaneti. Amenewo akanayenera kukhala mapeto a nkhaniyi. Koma chothandiziracho sichinatsatire adilesi ya IP isananene ku DHS. Komabe, idayembekezera kuti DHS ichitira nkhaniyi mwachinsinsi mpaka itafufuza bwino ndi kuthetsa vutolo.

"DHS sinayenera kutulutsa zambiri," adatero Lee. "Aliyense amayenera kutseka pakamwa pake."

M'malo mwake, mkulu wina wa DHS adatcha The Washington Post ndipo adanenanso kuti chimodzi mwazinthu zaku Russia kubera DNC chapezeka pamakompyuta a Burlington. The Post inalephera kutsatira lamulo lofunika kwambiri la utolankhani, kudalira gwero lake la DHS m'malo moyang'ana ndi Burlington Electric Department poyamba. Chotsatira chake chinali nkhani yochititsa chidwi ya Post ya pa Disembala 30 pansi pa mutu wakuti “Achiwembu achi Russia adalowa mu gridi yamagetsi ya US kudzera pagulu lamagetsi ku Vermont, akuluakulu a US atero.

Akuluakulu a DHS mwachiwonekere adalola kuti Post inene kuti chiwembu chaku Russia chidalowa mugululi osanena choncho. Nkhani ya Post inati anthu aku Russia "sanagwiritse ntchito malamulowa kuti asokoneze ntchito, malinga ndi akuluakulu omwe adalankhula mosadziwika kuti akambirane zachitetezo," koma adawonjezeranso, ndikuti "kulowa kwa dzikolo. magetsi ndi ofunika kwambiri chifukwa akuyimira chiopsezo chachikulu."

Kampani yamagetsi idapereka mwachangu kukana kotsimikizika kuti kompyuta yomwe idalumikizidwa idalumikizidwa ndi gridi yamagetsi. The Post inakakamizika kubweza, kunena kuti, kunena kwake kuti gridi yamagetsi idabedwa ndi aku Russia. Koma idakakamira ndi nkhani yake yoti chidacho chidachitiridwa chipongwe ku Russia kwa masiku atatu asanavomereze kuti palibe umboni wotero wa kuthyolako.

Tsiku lomwe nkhaniyi idasindikizidwa, utsogoleri wa DHS udapitilira kunena, osanena momveka bwino, kuti zida za Burlington zidabedwa ndi aku Russia. Mlembi Wothandizira wa Pubic Affairs J. Todd Breasseale adapereka mawu a CNN kuti "zizindikiro" zochokera ku mapulogalamu oipa omwe amapezeka pakompyuta ku Burlington Electric anali "zofanana" kwa omwe ali pa makompyuta a DNC.

DHS itangoyang'ana adilesi ya IP, komabe, idadziwa kuti ndi seva yamtambo ya Yahoo chifukwa chake sichikuwonetsa kuti gulu lomwelo lomwe lidasokoneza DNC lalowa mu laputopu ya Burlington. DHS idaphunziranso kuchokera pazogwiritsidwa ntchito kuti laputopu yomwe ikufunsidwa idakhudzidwa ndi pulogalamu yaumbanda yotchedwa "neutrino," yomwe sinagwiritsidwepo mu "GRIZZLY STEPPE."

Patangopita masiku ochepa pomwe DHS idawulula mfundo zofunika izi ku Post. Ndipo DHS idali kuteteza lipoti lake lolumikizana ndi Post, malinga ndi Lee, yemwe adalandira gawo la nkhaniyi kuchokera ku Post source. Mkulu wa DHS anali kunena kuti "zinapangitsa kuti apezeke," adatero. "Yachiwiri ndi yakuti, 'Onani, izi zikulimbikitsa anthu kuyendetsa zizindikiro.'

Nkhani Yoyamba Yabodza ya DHS Yabodza

Kuwopsa kwa Burlington Electric kuthyolako kumatikumbutsa nkhani yakale yaku Russia yakuba zida zomwe DHS idachitanso. Mu Novembala 2011, idanenanso za "kulowerera" mu kompyuta yachigawo cham'madzi ya Springfield, Illinois yomwe idakhala ngati yopeka.

Red Square ku Moscow ndi chikondwerero chachisanu kumanzere ndi Kremlin kumanja. (Chithunzi ndi Robert Parry)

Monga Burlington fiasco, lipoti labodza lidatsogozedwa ndi DHS yoti machitidwe a zomangamanga aku US anali atayamba kale kuwukiridwa. Mu Okutobala 2011, wachiwiri kwa mlembi wa DHS a Greg Schaffer adanenedwa ndi The Washington Post kuchenjeza kuti "adani athu" "akugogoda pazitseko za machitidwewa." Ndipo Schaffer anawonjezera kuti, "Nthawi zina, pakhala kulowerera." Sanatchule kuti ndi liti, kuti kapena ndani, ndipo palibe kulowerera kotereku komwe kunalembedwapo.

Pa Nov. 8, 2011, mpope wamadzi wa chigawo cha madzi cha m'tauni ya Curran-Gardner pafupi ndi Springfield, Illinois, unapsa pambuyo polavula kangapo m'miyezi yapitayi. Gulu lokonzekera lomwe linabweretsa kuti likonze adapeza adilesi ya IP yaku Russia pa chipika chake kuyambira miyezi isanu m'mbuyomu. Adilesi ya IP imeneyo kwenikweni inali kuchokera pa foni yam'manja yochokera kwa kontrakitala yemwe adakhazikitsa dongosolo lowongolera mpope ndipo anali kutchuthi ku Russia ndi banja lake, kotero dzina lake linali mu chipika ndi adilesi.

Popanda kufufuza adilesi ya IP yokha, bungweli linanena adilesi ya IP ndi kuwonongeka kwa mpope wamadzi ku Environmental Protection Agency, yomwe idaperekanso ku Illinois Statewide Terrorism and Intelligence Center, yomwe imatchedwanso fusion center yopangidwa ndi Illinois State. Apolisi ndi oimira a FBI, DHS ndi mabungwe ena aboma.

Pa Nov. 10 - patangodutsa masiku awiri kuchokera pamene lipoti loyamba la EPA - fusion center inatulutsa lipoti lotchedwa "Public Water District Cyber ​​Intrusion" losonyeza kuti wobera wina wa ku Russia adaba mbiri ya munthu wololedwa kugwiritsa ntchito makompyuta ndipo adabera. dongosolo lomwe limapangitsa kuti pampu yamadzi izilephereke.

Wogwira ntchitoyo yemwe dzina lake linali pachipika pafupi ndi adilesi ya IP pambuyo pake adauza magazini ya Wired kuti foni imodzi yomwe adamuyimbira ikanathetsa nkhaniyi. Koma a DHS, omwe anali otsogola popereka lipotilo, sanavutike kuyimba ngakhale foni yodziwikiratu ija asanaganize kuti mwina chinali chinyengo chaku Russia.

"Lipoti lazanzeru" la fusion Center, lofalitsidwa ndi DHS Office of Intelligence and Research, lidatengedwa ndi wolemba mabulogu pachitetezo cha cyber, yemwe adayimbira The Washington Post ndikuwerenga nkhaniyi kwa mtolankhani. Chifukwa chake The Post inafalitsa nkhani yoyamba yochititsa chidwi ya ku Russia kuthyolako ku US pa Nov. 18, 2011.

Nkhani yeniyeni itatuluka, DHS idakana udindo wa lipotilo, ponena kuti unali udindo wa fusion center. Koma kufufuza kwa komiti ya Senate kuwululidwa mu lipoti patatha chaka chimodzi kuti ngakhale lipoti loyambalo litatsutsidwa, DHS sinatulutse kapena kuwongolera lipotilo, komanso sinadziwitse olandira chowonadi.

Akuluakulu a DHS omwe adayambitsa lipoti labodza adauza ofufuza a Senate kuti malipoti ngati amenewa sanapangidwe kuti akhale "nzeru zomaliza," kutanthauza kuti kulondola kwa chidziwitso sikuyenera kukhala kwakukulu. Ananenanso kuti lipotilo linali "lopambana" chifukwa lidachita "zomwe likuyenera kuchita - kupanga chiwongola dzanja."

Magawo onse a Burlington ndi Curran-Gardner akugogomezera chowonadi chapakati pamasewera a ndale achitetezo cha dziko mu nthawi ya New Cold War: osewera akuluakulu ngati DHS ali ndi gawo lalikulu pazandale pakuwonera anthu aku Russia, ndipo nthawi iliyonse mwayi ukapezeka akatero, adzadyera masuku pamutu.

 

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