From the Dan
Rather school of journalism? How does something like this come
about? Slow news day? We need some anti-Russian propaganda? It's
the way we do business?
Fraud
Alert: NBC Sochi hack report is fake, says security expert
The frightening NBC
report featuring Robert Engels, a journalist who reported that his
smartphone and two computers were hacked in Sochi, is allegedly a
fake. Errata Security's Robert Graham wrote a blog post calling the
NBC story "wrong in every respect."
Graham accuses Engels
of faking the report and intentionally downloading applications that
would ensure that his smartphone was hacked almost immediately.
… "The story
shows Richard Engel "getting hacked" while in a cafe in
Russia. It is wrong in every salient detail.
- They aren't in Sochi, but in Moscow, 1007 miles away.
- The "hack" happens because of the websites they visit (Olympic themed websites), not their physical location. The results would've been the same in America.
- The phone didn't "get" hacked; Richard Engel initiated the download of a hostile Android app onto his phone.
- ...and in order to download the Android app, Engel had to disable a lock that prevents such downloads -- something few users do [update]."
Graham argued that NBC
exaggerated the danger of being hacked in Sochi.
"Absolutely 0% of
the story was about turning on a computer and connecting to a Sochi
network. 100% of the story was about visiting websites remotely,"
Graham wrote. "Thus, the claim of the story that you'll get
hacked immediately upon turning on your computers is fraudulent."
Something to
watch closely. Remember, it takes two to tangle.
Abe,
Aquino Views on China Unhelpful, Says U.S. General Carlisle
Comments by the leaders
of Japan and the Philippines drawing parallels between China’s
growing assertiveness in the region and events in pre-war Europe are
“not helpful,” said the commander of U.S. air forces in the
Pacific.
… The recent
comments by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Philippine
President Benigno Aquino -- two U.S. allies -- have escalated
tensions at a time when China is pushing its territorial claims in
both the East and South China Seas, and as President Xi Jinping
expands the reach of his country’s navy.
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