I-Exclusive: I-hysteria engundoqo kwiRashiya ibangele iindaba zamanga ezingenakwenzeka okanye ezithembekileyo eziye zaphucula iNtsholongwane yeNtsholongwane, njengoko iGareth Porter iphawula malunga nenqaku elidlulileyo leenyanga elidityanisiweyo le-Hack kwi-grid yamandla ase-US.
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Phakathi kwenkxalabo enkulu yasekhaya ngokubhekiselele kwe-US ukuba iRashiya yayiphazamise ukhetho lwase-US, iSebe lezoKhuseleko lwaseKhaya (iDHS) labangela i-short-media media hysteria ngokudala nokusabalalisa ibali elixhambileyo lokukhwabanisa kweRussia kwiziseko zamandla ase-US.
I-DHS iqalise ingcamango ekhoyo ngoku ekhompyutheni ekhohliweyo e-Burlington, kwiSebe le-Vermont kagesi ngokuthumela abaphathi bezinto ezisetyenziselwa ukudukisa ulwazi kunye nezoyikisayo, baze bafaka ibali abaye bazi ukuba baxoke kwaye baqhubeka bekhupha umgca okhohlisayo kumajelo .
Nangona kuntshatshazelisayo, nangona kunjalo, i-DHS yayisasazelele ibali elifana nelokuhlaselwa kweRashiya kwipompo yamanzi yase-Springfield, e-Illinois ngoNovemba 2011.
Ibali lendlela iDHS ehambisa kabini iindaba zamanga zemizamo yaseRashiya yokuchitha i-"iinjongo ezibalulekileyo" zase-US ingqiqo yokuba izikhokeli eziphezulu kwi-bureaucracy-on-make zisebenzise wonke uphuhliso olukhulu lwezopolitiko ukuqhubela phambili iimfuno zalo, ukungahloneli inyaniso.
I-DHS yenze iphulo elikhulu likarhulumente ukugxininisa kwisongelo esisisigxina seRussia kwiziseko zamandla ase-US ekuqaleni kwe2016. Eli phulo lisebenzise inkohlakalo yase-United States yokuhlaselwa kwe-Russian kwi-infrastructure ye-Ukraine ngenyanga kaDisemba 2015 ukukhuthaza enye yemisebenzi emikhulu ye-ejensi - ukulinda ukuhlaselwa kwe-cyber kwiziseko zikaMelika.
Ukuqala ekupheleni kukaMatshi i-2016, i-DHS kunye ne-FBI yaqhuba uchungechunge lwe-12 engcaciso engabonakaliyo kwiinkampani zamandla zombane kwizixeko ezisibhozo ezibizwa ngokuthi, "I-Ukraine ye-Cyber Attack: impembelelo kwabathintekayo base-US." I-DHS ibhengeze esidlangalaleni, "Ezi ziganeko zimelele iimpembelelo ezibonakalayo ezibonakalayo kwiziseko ezibalulekileyo ezibangelwa ukuhlaselwa kwe-cyber. "
Le ngxelo ikhutshwe ngokukhawuleza ekuthethwa ukuba iimeko zokuqala zokutshabalalisa iziseko zelizwe ukusuka ekuhlaselweni kwe-cyber zichasene ne-United States, kodwa zatshatyalaliswa kwi-Iran ngolawulo luka-Obama kunye no-Israyeli kwi-2009 ne-2012.
Ukuqala ngo-Okthobha i-2016, iDHS ibonakala njengomnye wabadlali ababalulekileyo kakhulu - kunye ne-CIA-kwidrama yezopolitiko ngokuzama ukunyanzelisa ukhetho lwe-2016 kuDonald Trump. Emva koko ngo-Dec. 29, iDHS kunye ne-FBI yabela "i-Joint Analysis Report" kwiinkonzo zamandla ase-US kulo lonke ilizwe kunye nento ebekuthi "izibonakaliso" zomzamo weengcinga zeRussia ukungena kunye nokunciphisa amanethiwekhi ekhompyutheni yase-US, kuquka amanethiwekhi anxulumene nomongameli ukhetho, olubizwa ngokuba yi "GRIZZLY STEPPE."
Ingxelo iboniswe ngokucacileyo kwizinto ezisetyenziswayo ukuba "izixhobo kunye neziseko" ezithe zasetyenziselwa i-arhente zeengcali zengqondo ukuba zithintele ukhetho lwazo zisengozini ngqo kubo. Nangona kunjalo, ngokutsho kukaRobert M. Lee, umsunguli kunye ne-CEO yenkampani ye-cyber-security Dragos, oye wavelisa enye yeenkqubo zaseburhulumenteni zasekuqaleni zase-US zokukhusela ukuhlaselwa kwe-cyber kwiinkqubo zeziseko zase-US, ingxelo yayiqinisekisile ukudukisa abafumanayo .
"Nabani na owusebenzisayo uya kucinga ukuba babechaphazeleka yimisebenzi yaseRashiya," kusho uLee. "Sasihamba ngeenqakraza kwingxelo kwaye safumanisa ukuba ipesenteji ephezulu yayiyizithuba zobuxoki."
U-Lee kunye nabasebenzi bakhe bafumana kuphela uluhlu olude lweefayile ze-malware ezingadibaniswa nabacuki baseRashiya ngaphandle kwedatha ecacileyo malunga nexesha. Ngokufanayo inxalenye enkulu yee dilesi ze-IP zidibeneyo zinokudibaniswa ne- "GRIZZLY STEPPE" kuphela kwimini ethile ethile, engazange inikezelwe.
I-Intercept ifumene, enyanisweni, ukuba i-42 iipesenti zee-aderesi ze-IP ze-876 ezibhalwe kwingxelo njengoko yayisetyenziswe ngabaduni baseRashiya bephuma kwiimpawu ze-Tor Project, inkqubo evumela iibloggers, intatheli kunye nabanye - kuquka nemibutho yemikhosi - kugcina i-Intanethi yonxibelelwano ngasese.
U-Lee uthe abasebenzi be-DHS abasebenzisayo ngolwazi lobuchwepheshe kule ngxelo banakho ubuchule, kodwa lo mbhalo wawungenakunceda xa amagosa ahlengahlengiswa kwaye asusa ezinye iindawo eziphambili zengxelo kwaye wongezelela ezinye izinto ezingafanelekanga. Ukholelwa ukuba i-DHS ikhishwe ingxelo "ngenjongo yezopolitiko," eyayikubonisa "ukuba iDHS ikukhusela."
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Emva kokufumana ingxelo ye-DHS-FBI ibhanti yezokuphepha yenethiwekhi yaseBurlington Electric yaqalisa ukukhangela iifowuni zayo zekhomputha ngokusebenzisa iluhlu lwee-IP. Ngenye yee dilesi ze-IP zikhankanywe kwingxelo njengokuba isalathisi se-Russia sokukhwabanisa kufumaneka kwi-log, i-utility immediately ibizwa ngokuba yi-DHS ukwazisa njengoko yayicelwe ukuba yenziwe ngu-DHS.
Enyanisweni, idilesi ye-IP kwikompyutha ye-Burlington Electric Inkampani yayingumncedisi we-imeyile we-Yahoo, ngokutsho kukaLee, ngoko kwakungeke kube ngumqondiso osemthethweni wokuzama ukungena kwi-intrusion. Oko kwakufanele kube yiphepha lebali. Kodwa i-utility ayizange ilandele idilesi ye-IP ngaphambi kokuyibika kwi-DHS. Kodwa kunjalo, kulindeleke ukuba i-DHS iyiphathe umcimbi ngokuyimfihlo de ibe iphenye ngokugqibeleleyo kwaye isombulule umba.
"I-DHS ayifanele ikhulule iinkcukacha," kusho uLee. "Wonke umntu wayefanele agcine umlomo wabo uvaliwe."
Kunoko, igosa le-DHS elibizwa ngokuthi iWashington Post kwaye lagqithisa igama lokuba enye yezibonakaliso zokukhwabanisa kweRussia ye-DNC ifunyenwe kwinethiwekhi yekhompyutha yeBurlington. Iposi ayiphumelelanga ukulandela umgaqo-siseko wokubhaliweyo, ukuthembela kumthombo wayo we-DHS endaweni yokujonga nge-Burlington Electric Department kuqala. Isiphumo sasiyi-Post's sensational Dec. I-30 ibali phantsi kwesihloko esithi "Abahlaseli baseRussia bangena kwi-grid yamandla ase-US ngokusebenzisa iVermont, izikhulu zase-US zithi."
Igosa lika-DHS ngokuqinisekileyo laliye lavumela iPostile ukuba inqumle ukuba abantu baseRussia badonsa bangene ngaphakathi kwirejista ngaphandle kokutsho njalo. Ibali leposi lathi amaRussia "awazange asebenzise ngokuchanekileyo le khowudi ukuphazamisa ukusebenza kobutyebi, ngokubhekiselele kumagosa athetha ngeemeko zokungaziwa ukuze axoxe ngolu hlobo lokhuseleko," kodwa wongezelela, kwaye "ukungena kwesizwe Igridi yamandla iyabonakala kuba ibonisa ukuba yingozi. "
Ikhamphani yombane ngokukhawuleza yakhupha iqumrhu eliphikisayo lokuba ikhomputha yombuzo ixhunyiwe kwigridi yamandla. Iposi yaphoqeleka ukuba ibuyele, ngokwenene, ibango layo lokuba igridi yombane ixhaswe ngabantu baseRussia. Kodwa ibambelele kwinqanaba layo ukuba ukusetyenziswa kwenzelwe ixhoba laseRussia ngeentsuku ezintathu ngaphambi kokuvuma ukuba akukho bungqina bokuba kukho inkohlakalo.
Ngomhla emva kokuba ibali lishicilelwe, ulawulo lwe-DHS luqhubeka lubonisa ukuba, ngaphandle kokutsho ngokucacileyo, ukuba isibonelelo saseBurlington sagxothwa ngabantu baseRussia. UNobhala weeNkonzo zoBugcisa uJ.D. Todd Breasseale wanika i-CNN ingxelo yokuba "izikhombisi" ezivela kwi-software engalunganga efumaneka kwikhompyutheni eBurlington Electric "yayingumdlalo" kulabo bekhomputha zeDNC.
Ngokukhawuleza ukuba i-DHS ikhangele idilesi ye-IP, ke, yazi ukuba yayiyi-server ye cloud ye-Yahoo kwaye ngoko ayikho inkcazo yokuba iqela elifanayo elityholwa yi-DNC liye lafika kwi-laptop ye-Burlington. I-DHS iphinde ifunde kwizinto ezisetyenziswayo ukuba i-laptop ekhutshwe ngayo i-malware ebizwa ngokuthi "neutrino," eyayingazange isetshenziswe kwi "GRIZZLY STEPPE."
Kwiintsuku emva koko i-DHS yabonakalisa ezo zinto zibalulekileyo kwiPost. Kwaye i-DHS isalokhu ivikela ingxelo yayo ngokubhaliweyo kwiPost, ngokutsho kukaLee, owafumana inxalenye yebali ukusuka kwimithombo yeposi. Igosa le-DHS laliphikisana ngokuthi "liholele ekufumaneni," watsho. "Okwesibini kukuthi, 'Yabona, oku kukukhuthaza abantu ukuba baqhube iimpawu.'"
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I-Hack ye-Burlington yamagetsi eyoyikisayo igxininisa ibali elidlulileyo leRussia yokuqhawulwa kwenkonzo apho i-DHS ijongene nayo. NgoNovemba i-2011, ibike "ukungena" kwikhompyutyana yesithili samanzi yaseSpanish, e-Illinois.
Njenge-Burlington fiasco, ingxelo engamanga ibingaphambi kwebango le-DHS ukuba iinkqubo zeziseko zase-US sele zihlaselwa. Ngo-Oktobha i-2011, isekela eliphantsi kwe-DHS phantsi kwe-Undersecretary uGreg Schaffer wacatshulwe yi-Washington Post njengesixwayiso sokuba "abachasi bethu" bayangqongqoza kwiingcango zale nkqubo. "USchaffer wanezela," Kwezinye iimeko, kuye kwaba neengongoma. " ayengacacanga ukuba nini, kuphi na okanye ngubani, kwaye akukho njenjalo ngaphambi kokubhaliweyo.
NgoNovemba i-8, i-2011, ipompo yamanzi kwindawo yesithili sase-Curren-Gardner kufuphi ne-Springfield, e-Illinois, yatshitshiswa emva kokutshiza izihlandlo eziliqela kwiinyanga ezidlulileyo. Iqela lokulungisa elifake ukulungiswa lifumene idilesi ye-IP yaseRussia kwilogi ukususela kwiinyanga ezintlanu ngaphambili. Idilesi ye-IP yayivela kwifowuni yefowuni esuka kwikontrakta eyayimise inkqubo yokulawula ipom kwaye yayihlala eholide eRashiya nentsapho yakhe, ngoko igama lakhe lisegeni ngekheli.
Ngaphandle kokuphanda idilesi ye-IP ngokwalo, i-utility yabika idilesi ye-IP kunye nokuchithwa kwepompo yamanzi kwi-Arhente yokuKhuselwa kweNdalo, eyayiyidlulisela kwi-Illinois Statewide Terrorism kunye neNkcazelo yezoBulumko, ebizwa ngokuba yinkampani ye-fusion eyenziwe yi-Illinois State Amapolisa kunye nabameli be-FBI, iDHS kunye namanye arhente karhulumente.
Ngomhla kaNovemba i-10 - iintsuku ezimbini emva kokuba ingxelo yokuqala ku-EPA-isikhungo sokuxuba sakhupha ingxelo ebizwa ngokuba yi-"Intrusion yaseRussia yamanzi yaseSithili" esichaza ukuba i-hacker yaseRashiya yayibiwe ngumntu ogunyazisiweyo wokusebenzisa ikhomputha kwaye wayenqabile ekulawuleni inkqubo eyenza umpompo wamanzi ungaphumeleli.
Ikontraki ogama lakhe lalingelogi elisondele kwidilesi ye-IP kamva wachaza umagazini onobucayi ukuba enye ifowuni umnxeba kuye yayibekile le nto. Kodwa i-DHS, eyayikhokelela ekubekeni ingxelo, ayizange ilukhuphe ukwenza loo fowuni enye ecacileyo ngaphambi kokuvula ukuba kufuneka ukuba yinto yokukhwela iRashiya.
I-centre ye-fusion "ingxelo yengqiqo," epapashwe yi-DHS Ofisi yoBulumko kunye noPhando, yafunyanwa yi-Blogger-blogger-blogger, eyayibizwa ngokuthi iWashington Post kwaye yafunda into kwintatheli. Ngaloo ndlela iPost yashicilela ibali lokuqala lokumangaliswa kwinqwaba yaseRussia kwisiseko se-US kwi-Nov. 18, 2011.
Emva kokuba ibali lokwenene liphume, iDHS inqatshelwe uxanduva lwaloo ngxelo, ithi igosa lolawulo lwesikhungo se-fusion. Kodwa uphando lwekomiti yesebe phendla kwingxelo kamva kamva ukuba nangemva kokuba ingxelo yangaphambili ikhutshwe, iDHS ayikhiphe nayiphi na indlela yokurhoxiswa okanye yokulungiswa kwingxelo, kwaye ayizange yazise abafumanayo ngenyaniso.
Amagosa e-DHS anembopheleleko kwingxelo engamanga athetha abaphandi beSenate ukuba iingxelo zazingenjongo yokuba "zigqityiwe iingcinga," oku kuthetha ukuba ibha yokuchaneka kolwazi ayifanele ibe phezulu kakhulu. Bade bathi le ngxelo "yimpumelelo" ngenxa yokuba yenze ntoni "into ekumele yenziwe - yenza umdla."
Bobabini iziqephu zaseBurlington naseCrranran-Gardner zigxininisa into ephambili yomdlalo wezopolitiko wokhuseleko lwesizwe kwixesha elitsha leNtsholongwane yeNtsholongwane: Abadlali abakhulu be-bureaucratic efana ne-DHS banesigxina esikhulu sezopolitiko kwimibono kawonkewonke yentsongo yaseRussia, kwaye nanini na ithuba benze njalo, baya kuxhaphaza.
