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 Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2018 5:37 pm Post subject: Dutch Intelligence Hacked Into Cozy Bear And Warned The FBI. |
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https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/1/25/1736024/-Dutch-Intelligence-Hacked-Into-Cozy-Bear-And-Warned-The-FBI
Dutch Intelligence Hacked Into Cozy Bear And Warned The FBI.
| Quote: | In the Summer of 2015, Dutch intelligence services were the first to alert their American counterparts about the cyberintrusion of the Democratic National Committee by Cozy Bear, a hacking group believed to be tied to the Russian government. Intelligence hackers from Dutch AIVD (General Intelligence and Security Service) had penetrated the Cozy Bear computer servers as well as a security camera at the entrance of their working space, located in a university building adjacent to the Red Square in Moscow.
Over the course of a few months, they saw how the Russians penetrated several U.S. institutions, including the State Department, the White House, and the DNC. On all these occasions, the Dutch alerted the U.S. intelligence services,
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Not only had Dutch intelligence penetrated the computer network of the hackers, they also managed to hack a security camera in the corridor. This allowed them to see exactly who entered the hacking room. Information about these individuals was shared with the US intelligence services.
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The information shared by The Netherlands about the hacks at the DNC ended up on the desk of Robert Mueller,
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it took the Americans over 24 hours to avert the Russian attack, after a digital clash which, years later, at a discussion forum in Aspen, the Deputy Director of the NSA would refer to as hand-to-hand combat
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In April 2016, Fancy Bear accessed the Washington servers of the Democrats; Cozy Bear had done so as early as the summer of 2015. Once more, the group was caught red-handed by the Dutch, who again alerted their U.S. counterparts. |
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