by Norman Halls, contributor
Internet breaches are a REAL CONCERN for all of us. Hackers can spy on your internet and will steal data coming from any source, financial or purchase you may receive. Anyone who uses a computer that is connected to the internet are susceptible to hackers. Hacker’s can cause appreciable damage.
What does Vladimir have on Donald? It’s more than pictures like some people think.
In 2013 the Trump Organization was possibly hacked by the Russians. What did they find? It’s possible Putin knows more about Trump’s finances and businesses throughout the world. The Associated Press reported; “After the hack, computer users who visited the Trump-related web addresses were unwittingly redirected to servers in St. Petersburg, Russia, that cybersecurity experts said contained malicious software commonly used to steal passwords or hold files for ransom. Whether anyone fell victim to such tactics is unclear.” The Trump Organization, they have 3,300 domain names, failed to detect the cyberattack because of inadequate system.
President Donald Trump had seen highly classified evidence before his inauguration that Russian President Vladimir Putin had “personally ordered complex cyberattacks to sway the 2016 American election,” The New York Times reported. Trump sounded “unwillingly convinced” when he was shown the findings of Putin’s interference on January 6, 2017, just two weeks before his inauguration, according to the report, which cited multiple people who attended the briefing. The meeting took place at Trump Tower and the then-president-elect was shown evidence that included texts and emails from Russian military officers, according to the Times. There was also information gathered from a top-secret source close to Putin, which outlined the Kremlin’s plan to sway the 2016 election, the report said.
What are cyberattacks leading up too? Not nuclear attacks, but cyber-attacks. Most countries have some sort of computer intelligence. The country that has the finest expertise will lead their Internet Forces to be the major threat. “The harm that could be caused by cyber warfare may seem less immediate than that from nuclear war, but it’s a major threat that could easily escalate to more direct forms of warfare.” Reported Tim Bajarin, Time. The United States does not only worry about Russia, N. Korea, China but possibly a 100 of the 195 countries in the world.
The United States and Britain on Monday 4/15/18 issued a first-of-its-kind joint warning about Russian cyberattacks against government and private organizations as well as individual homes and offices in both countries, a milestone in the escalating use of cyberweaponry between major powers. “When we see malicious cyberattacks, whether from the Kremlin or other nation-state actors, we are going to push back,” Rob Joyce, a special assistant to the president and the cybersecurity coordinator for the National Security Council, said in joint conference call with journalists by senior officials in Washington and London. That would include “all elements of U.S. power available to push back against these kinds of intrusions,” he added, including “our capabilities in the physical world.”
Leadership, a MUST for a government agency that oversees Cybersecurity. “Even as Washington wrestles with issues concerning organization, authorities, responsibilities, and programs to deal with cyber competition, it must place more emphasis on developing leaders who are competent to engage in these issues. This will require a professional development system that can provide a program of education, assignment, and accreditation to develop a corps of experienced, dedicated service professionals who have an expertise in the breadth of issues related to the cyber environment. This program must be backed by effective public-private partnerships that produce cutting-edge research, development, and capabilities to operate with freedom, safety, and security in the cyber world.” Heritage Foundation Reported.
“While technology is certainly important, the responses coming from your organization during and following the attack — the human side of the equation — are even more vital. Yet despite a wealth of good advice, I estimate that in 8 of the last 10 large-scale breaches, the response from the organization under attack did as much or more damage than the attack itself. Most of that damage was reputational.” By Caleb Barlow, Crisis Leadership: The Missing Link
