FBI didn’t tell US targets as Russian hackers hunted emails

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

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> From: Richard Forno <rforno () infowarrior org>
> Date: November 26, 2017 at 11:39:13 AM EST
> To: Infowarrior List <infowarrior () attrition org>
> Cc: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
> Subject: FBI didn’t tell US targets as Russian hackers hunted emails
>
> FBI didn’t tell US targets as Russian hackers hunted emails
>
> By RAPHAEL SATTER, JEFF DONN and DESMOND BUTLER
>
> 1 hour ago
>
> WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI failed to notify scores of U.S. officials that Russian hackers were trying to break into 
> their personal Gmail accounts despite having evidence for at least a year that the targets were in the Kremlin’s 
> crosshairs, The Associated Press has found.
>
> Nearly 80 interviews with Americans targeted by Fancy Bear, a Russian government-aligned cyberespionage group, turned 
> up only two cases in which the FBI had provided a heads-up. Even senior policymakers discovered they were targets 
> only when the AP told them, a situation some described as bizarre and dispiriting.
>
> “It’s utterly confounding,” said Philip Reiner, a former senior director at the National Security Council, who was 
> notified by the AP that he was targeted in 2015. “You’ve got to tell your people. You’ve got to protect your people.”
>
> The FBI declined to answer most questions from AP about how it had responded to the spying campaign. The bureau 
> provided a statement that said in part: “The FBI routinely notifies individuals and organizations of potential threat 
> information.”
>
> Three people familiar with the matter — including a current and a former government official — said the FBI has known 
> for more than a year the details of Fancy Bear’s attempts to break into Gmail inboxes. A  senior FBI official, who 
> was not authorized to publicly discuss the hacking operation because of its sensitivity, declined to comment on 
> timing but said that the bureau was overwhelmed by the sheer number of attempted hacks.
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> https://apnews.com/f1a5570b7ce04d39bab00ae3a9041460



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