Guccifer 2.0: DNC's servers hacked by a lone hacker
The media (and CrowdStrike) blame Russians for it [0]. Heh... yet this blog and the hacker himself, says he did it alone. I guess it's easier to forgive incompetence if you blame the attack on some huge, powerful, resourceful, state-funded opponent. That's why every hacking report of some big organization or company today lays the blame on APTs, China, Russia, NORKs and so on.<p>Management is off the hook since they don't have to admit that they were hacked by some kid and the security company gets the prestige of 'fighting and outsmarting a state actor'. And everyone's job is more or less safe. Other companies and CIO/CSOs now know that 'Sec Company X' will cover their ass by shifting the blame on some huge entity. Company lawyers are also happy because the liability of such attacks will be less. And the cycle continues. Guccifer, for example, didn't even know how to program and he used his phone to hack [1].<p>Yes, APTs definitely do happen but I'd bet they happen a lot less frequently than the media and security companies would want us to believe.<p>[0] <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/russian-government-hackers-penetrated-dnc-stole-opposition-research-on-trump/2016/06/14/cf006cb4-316e-11e6-8ff7-7b6c1998b7a0_story.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/russi...</a><p>[1] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guccifer#Computer_hacking_activities" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guccifer#Computer_hacking_acti...</a>