Mainstream Media's Russian Bogeymen

Exclusive: Kusagadzikana kukuru pamusoro peRussia kwakonzera nyaya dzenhema dzisina chokwadi kana dzakadzama dzakadzamisa Hondo Itsva yeCold War, sezvakataurwa naGareth Porter maererano nengano yemwedzi wapfuura yekubira mugetsi remagetsi rekuUS.

NaGareth Porter, 1/13/17 Consortium News

Pakati pedambudziko guru remumba pamusoro pekupokana kweUS kuti Russia yakakanganisa sarudzo dzeUS, Dhipatimendi reHomeland Security (DHS) rakakonzera mhirizhonga yenyika nekugadzira nekuparadzira nyaya yemanyepo yekubira kweRussia muUS masimba emagetsi.

DHS yakanga yatanga nyaya isingazivikanwe yekombuta yakabiwa paBurlington, Vermont Electricity department nekutumira maneja esangano iri mashoko anotsausa uye anotyisa, ndokuburitsa nyaya yavaiziva kuti ndeyenhema uye vakaramba vachiburitsa mutsara unotsausa kuvatori venhau. .

Zvakatonyanya kushamisa, zvisinei, DHS yakambenge yatenderedza imwe yakafanana nyaya yekubira kweRussia yeSpringfield, Illinois pombi yemvura muna Mbudzi 2011.

Nyaya yekuti DHS yakatenderedza kaviri nyaya dzenhema dzekuedza kweRussia kuparadza "zvivakwa zvakakosha" zveUS inyaya yekuyambira mabatiro anoita vatungamiriri vepamusoro muhofisi-on-the-make mukana wekuvandudza kwese kwezvematongerwo enyika kufambisira mberi zvido zvavo. kusakoshesa chokwadi.

DHS yakanga yaita danidziro huru yeruzhinji yekuisa pfungwa pakutyisidzira kwainzi kuRussia kuUS kusimba remagetsi eUS kutanga kwa2016. Mushandirapamwe uyu wakatora mukana wekupomerwa kweUS kweRussia cyber-attack vachipokana neUkraine masimba emagetsi muna Zvita 2015 kusimudzira imwe ye mabasa makuru esangano - kuchengetedza cyber-kurwiswa kwezvivakwa zveAmerica.

Kutanga mukupera kwaKurume 2016, DHS neFBI vakaita nhevedzano yegumi nembiri isina kunyorwa mapfupi emakambani emagetsi emagetsi emagetsi mumaguta masere ane zita, "Ukraine Cyber ​​Attack: zvinoreva kune vanobata US." DHS yakazivisa pachena, "Zviitiko izvi zvinomiririra imwe yekutanga inozivikanwa kukanganisa kwemuviri kune yakakosha zvivakwa zvakakonzerwa necyber-attack."

Chirevo ichi chakanyatso dzivirira kutaura kuti nyaya dzekutanga dzekuparadzwa kwezvivakwa zvenyika kubva kucyber-attack dzaive dzisiri kurwisa United States, asi dzakaiswa kuIran nekutonga kwaObama neIsrael muna 2009 na2012.

Kutanga muna Gumiguru 2016, DHS yakabuda semumwe wevatambi vaviri vakanyanya kukosha - pamwe neCIA-mumutambo wezvematongerwo enyika pamusoro pekufungidzirwa kweRussia kuedza kutenderedza sarudzo dze2016 kunaDonald Trump. Zvino musi wa29 Zvita, DHS neFBI vakagovera “Joint Analysis Report” kune veUS masimba emagetsi munyika yose nezvayaiti “zviratidzo” zvekuedza kwenjere dzeRussia kupinda nekukanganisa macomputer eUS, kusanganisira network ine chekuita nemutungamiri wenyika. sarudzo, iyo yakadana "GRIZZLY STEPPE."

Chirevo ichi chakaratidza zvakajeka kune zvishandiso kuti "zvishandiso uye zvivakwa" zvayakati zvakashandiswa neveRussia masangano ehungwaru kukanganisa sarudzo yaive njodzi kwavari zvakare. Nekudaro, sekureva kwaRobert M. Lee, muvambi uye CEO wecyber-security kambani Dragos, anga akagadzira imwe yehurongwa hwekutanga hwehurumende yeUS yekudzivirira kubva mukurwiswa necyber pahurongwa hwezvivakwa zveUS, chirevo ichi chaive chokwadi chekutsausa vanogamuchira. .

"Chero ani anoishandisa angafunga kuti ari kukanganiswa neRussia," akadaro Lee. "Takamhanya nezviratidzo zviri mumushumo ndokuona kuti chikamu chikuru chaive chenhema."

Lee nevashandi vake vakangowana maviri chete akareba rondedzero yemarware mafaira anogona kubatanidzwa neRussia hacker pasina mamwe data chaiwo nezve nguva. Saizvozvowo chikamu chikuru cheIP kero dzakanyorwa dzinogona kubatanidzwa ne "GRIZZLY STEPPE" kune mamwe mazuva chaiwo, asina kupihwa.

The Intercept yakawana, chokwadi, kuti 42 muzana ye876 IP kero dzakanyorwa mumushumo sedzakashandiswa nevapambi vekuRussia vaive nzvimbo dzekubuda dzeTor Project, hurongwa hunobvumira vanoblogi, vatori venhau nevamwe - kusanganisira mamwe mauto - chengetedza kutaurirana kwavo kweInternet kwakavanzika.

Lee akati vashandi veDHS vakashanda paruzivo rwehunyanzvi mushumo vane hunyanzvi, asi gwaro rakaitwa risingabatsiri apo vakuru vakuru vakaronga nekudzima zvimwe zvikamu zvakakosha zveshumo uye nekuwedzera zvimwe zvinhu zvanga zvisingafanirwe kunge zvirimo. Anotenda kuti DHS yakapa chirevo "nechinangwa chezvematongerwo enyika," chaive "kuratidza kuti DHS iri kukudzivirira."

Kudyara Nyaya, Kuichengeta Iripenyu

Payakagamuchira DHS-FBI chiziviso cheBurlington Electric Company network security team yakabva yatanga kutsvaga matanda ekombuta yayo ichishandisa mazita emakero eIP yayakanga yapihwa. Kana imwe yekero yeIP yakataurwa mumushumo sechiratidzo chekubira kweRussia yakawanikwa pamatanda, chishandiso chakabva chadaidza DHS kuti izivise sezvayakanga yarairwa kuita neDHS.

Chivakwa cheWashington Post chiri mudhorobha reWashington, DC (Mufananidzo wechikwereti: Washington Post)

Muchokwadi, iyo IP kero paBurlington Electric Company komputa yaingova yeYahoo e-mail sevha, sekureva kwaLee, saka yaisagona kunge iri chiratidzo chepamutemo chekuyedza kupindira kwecyber. Ndiko kwaifanira kunge kuri kuguma kwenyaya. Asi iyo yekushandisa haina kuteedzera iyo IP kero isati yataura kuDHS. Zvakadaro, zvaitarisira kuti DHS ibate nyaya iyi muchivande kusvika yanyatsoongorora nekugadzirisa nyaya iyi.

"DHS yaisafanirwa kuburitsa ruzivo," akadaro Lee. "Munhu wese aifanira kuvhara muromo wavo."

Pane kudaro, mukuru weDHS akadana The Washington Post ndokuzivisa kuti chimwe chezviratidzo zveRussia kubira DNC chawanikwa paBurlington utility komputa network. Iyo Post yakatadza kutevedzera mutemo wakanyanya wehutori venhau, ichivimba neyayo DHS sosi pane kutarisa neBurlington Electric department kutanga. Mhedzisiro yacho yaive nyaya inonakidza yePost yaDec. 30 pasi pemusoro wenyaya unoti “Matsotsi ekuRussia akapinda mugiridhi remagetsi reU.

Mukuru weDHS sezviri pachena akange abvumidza iyo Post kuti itaure kuti iyo yekuRussia yekubira yakanga yapinda grid pasina kutaura kudaro. Nyaya yePost yakati vanhu vekuRussia "vaive vasina kushandisa kodhi iyi kukanganisa mashandiro ehurumende, sekureva kwevakuru vakataura vasingazivikanwe kuti vataure nezvenyaya yekuchengetedzwa," asi ndokuzowedzera, uye kuti "kupinda kwenyika. gidhi remagetsi rakakosha nekuti rinomiririra kusagadzikana kwakanyanya. "

Kambani yemagetsi yakakurumidza kubudisa kuramba kwakasimba kuti kombiyuta iri mubvunzo yakanga yakabatana nemagetsi emagetsi. Iyo Post yakamanikidzwa kudzoreredza, kutaura zvazviri, chirevo chayo chekuti gidhi remagetsi rakanga rabiwa nevaRussia. Asi yakanamatira nenyaya yayo yekuti chishandiso chaive chakabatwa neRussia kubirwa kwemamwe mazuva matatu vasati vabvuma kuti hapana humbowo hwakadaro hwekubira.

Zuva rakatevera kuburitswa kwenyaya, hutungamiriri hweDHS hwakaramba huchireva, pasina kutaura zvakajeka, kuti Burlington utility yakanga yabiwa nemaRussia. Mutevedzeri weMunyori wePubic Affairs J. Todd Breasselale akapa CNN chirevo chokuti "zviratidzo" kubva kune yakaipa software yakawanikwa pakombiyuta paBurlington Electric yaiva "match" kune avo vari pamakombiyuta eDNC.

DHS payakangotarisa IP kero, zvakadaro, yakaziva kuti yaive Yahoo cloud server uye nekudaro isiri chiratidzo chekuti timu imwechete yainzi yakabira DNC yakanga yapinda mulaptop yeBurlington. DHS yakadzidzawo kubva mukushandisa kuti laptop iri kutaurwa yakanga yatapukirwa nemalware inonzi "neutrino," iyo yakanga isati yamboshandiswa mu "GRIZZLY STEPPE."

Mazuva mashoma gare gare iyo DHS yakazivisa izvo zvakakosha chokwadi kuPost. Uye iyo DHS yakanga ichiri kudzivirira chirevo chayo chakabatana kuPost, sekureva kwaLee, akawana chikamu chenyaya kubva kuPost sources. Mukuru weDHS aipokana kuti "zvakakonzera kuwanikwa," akadaro. “Chechipiri ndechekuti, 'Onai, izvi zviri kukurudzira vanhu kuti vamhanye zviratidzo.'

Yekutanga DHS Nhema yekubira Nyaya

Iyo yenhema Burlington Electric hack scare inoyeuchidza nyaya yapfuura yekuRussia kubira kwekushandisa iyo DHS yaikonzeresa zvakare. Muna Mbudzi 2011, yakashuma "kupinda" muSpringfield, Illinois mvura yedunhu komputa iyo yakafanana yakave yekugadzira.

Red Square muMoscow ine mutambo wechando kuruboshwe uye Kremlin kurudyi. (Mufananidzo naRobert Parry)

Kufanana neBurlington fiasco, chirevo chenhema chakatangirwa neDHS inoti masisitimu eUS anga atove kurwiswa. Muna Gumiguru 2011, mutevedzeri wemutevedzeri weDHS Greg Schaffer akatorwa neThe Washington Post seyambiro yekuti "vavengi vedu" vari "kugogodza pamagonhi emasisitimu aya." Uye Schaffer akawedzera, "Mune dzimwe nguva, kwave nekupindirwa." Haana kutaura kuti riini, kupi kana kuti naani, uye hapana kupindira kwakadaro kwakambonyorwa.

Musi waNovember 8, 2011, pombi yemvura yedunhu remvura retaundishipi yeCurran-Gardner pedyo neSpringfield, Illinois, yakatsva mushure mekupopota kakawanda mumwedzi yapfuura. Chikwata chekugadzirisa chakaunzwa kuti chigadzirise chakawana kero yeRussia IP parogi yayo kubva mwedzi mishanu yapfuura. Iyo IP kero yaive chaiyo kubva kunhare mbozha kubva kune kontrakta akange agadzira iyo control system yepombi uye aive pazororo muRussia nemhuri yake, saka zita rake raive mulogi nekero.

Pasina kuongorora iyo IP kero pachayo, chishandiso chakashuma IP kero uye kuparara kwepombi yemvura kuEnvironmental Protection Agency, iyo yakabva yapfuudza kuIllinois Statewide Terrorism and Intelligence Center, inonziwo fusion centre inoumbwa neIllinois State. Mapurisa nevamiriri kubva kuFBI, DHS nemamwe masangano ehurumende.

Musi waNovember 10 - mazuva maviri chete kubva mushumo wekutanga kuEPA - fusion centre yakaburitsa chirevo chine musoro unoti "Public Water District Cyber ​​Intrusion" yairatidza kuti munhu wekuRussia akabira munhu ane mvumo yekushandisa komputa uye akabira mutongi. hurongwa hunoita kuti pombi yemvura isashande.

Mushandi ane zita raive parog pedyo neIP address akazoudza Wired magazine kuti imwe nhare yaizomufonera yaizopedza nyaya yacho. Asi iyo DHS, iyo yaive yakatungamira mukuburitsa chirevo ichi, haina kunetsekana nekufona runhare rwuya rwuri pachena vasati vafunga kuti kunofanira kunge kuri kubiridzira kweRussia.

Iyo fusion centre "intelligence report," yakatenderedzwa neDHS Hofisi yeUngwaru uye Tsvagiridzo, yakatorwa necyber-security blogger, yakadana The Washington Post ndokuverengera chinhu kumutori wenhau. Saka iyo Post yakaburitsa nyaya yekutanga inonakidza yekubira kweRussia muUS musi waMbudzi 18, 2011.

Mushure mekunge nyaya chaiyo yabuda, DHS yakaramba basa remushumo, ichiti raive basa reiyo fusion centre. Asi ongororo yedare reSeneti kwakaratidza mumushumo gore rakatevera kuti kunyange mushure mekunge mushumo wekutanga warambidzwa, DHS yakanga isati yabvisa chero kudzoreredza kana kururamisa kumushumo, uye haina kuzivisa vaigamuchira nezvechokwadi.

Vakuru veDHS vane mhosva yemushumo wenhema vakaudza vafereferi veSeneti kuti mishumo yakadai haina kuitirwa "kupedzwa njere," zvichireva kuti bharaki rechokwadi reruzivo harifanirwe kunge rakanyanya. Vakatotaura kuti rondedzero yaive "budiriro" nekuti yakanga yaita "zvainofanirwa kuita - kuita mubereko."

Zvose zvikamu zveBurlington neCurran-Gardner zvinosimbisa chokwadi chepakati chemutambo wezvematongerwo enyika wekuchengetedzwa kwenyika munguva yeNew Cold War: vatambi vakuru vehurumende vakaita seDHS vane bato guru rezvematongerwo enyika mumaonero everuzhinji ekutyisidzira kweRussia, uye pese pamuka mukana wekuti. vakaita saizvozvo, vachazvibata.

 

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