Hillary Clinton’s office ignored Julian Assange’s warnings about leaked U.S. State Department cables in 2011, according to footage obtained at the time by documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras. The Department of Justice has obtained sealed charges against Assange for his decision to publish classified U.S. government material, as confirmed by Reuters.Yet the DOJ has done nothing to hold former Secretary of State Clinton to account, either for her apparent negligence in ignoring Assange’s warnings about the leaked material nor for her uploading sensitive government information to an insecure private email server. Poitras’ video shows that the WikiLeaks founder and his associate Sarah Harrison made an emergency call to Hillary Clinton’s office ahead of the release of classified diplomatic cables in 2010. According to Poitras, WikiLeaks wanted to warn the U.S. government that third parties had obtained a password to the full unredacted the cables and were … [Read more...] about FLASHBACK: Hillary Clinton’s State Department Ignored Julian Assange’s Warning About Leaked Cables
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Suspected Russian hackers impersonate State Department aide
WASHINGTON — U.S. cybersecurity experts say hackers impersonating a State Department official have targeted U.S. government agencies, businesses and think tanks in an attack that bears similarity to past campaigns linked to Russia. The "spear phishing" attempts began on Wednesday, sending e-mail messages purported to come from a department public affairs official. Cybersecurity companies CrowdStrike and FireEye both said they were still working to attribute the attack. But it was consistent with past hacking campaigns by Cozy Bear, or APT29, a Russian group believed to be associated with Russian intelligence and linked to hacking ahead of the 2016 U.S. presidential election. A State Department official said there was no intrusion into the agency's servers or networks. The official was not authorized to comment publicly and requested anonymity. … [Read more...] about Suspected Russian hackers impersonate State Department aide
Russians impersonating U.S. State Department aide in hacking…
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hackers linked to the Russian government are impersonating U.S. State Department employees in an operation aimed at infecting computers of U.S. government agencies, think tanks and businesses, two cybersecurity firms told Reuters. FILE PHOTO - People enter the State Department Building in Washington, U.S., January 26, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts The operation, which began on Wednesday, suggests Russia is keen to resume an aggressive campaign of attacks on U.S. targets after a lull going into the Nov. 6 U.S. midterm election, in which Republicans lost control of the House of Representatives, according to CrowdStrike and FireEye Inc (FEYE.O). U.S. intelligence agencies have charged that Russia was behind a string of hacks in the 2016 presidential campaign in a bid to boost support for Donald Trump. The U.S. government and private cyber security firms have said Russia was not behind hacking campaigns in this year’s congressional elections. In the … [Read more...] about Russians impersonating U.S. State Department aide in hacking…
State Department says U.S. is evaluating Turkish materials on Fethullah Gulen
The State Department on Thursday said the U.S. is reviewing materials presented by the Turkish government, amid a report that the U.S. is exploring the possibility of removing an enemy of Turkish President Recep Erdogan from the U.S. NBC News reported Thursday that the Trump administration is looking for ways to remove Turkish religious scholar Fethullah Gulen as a way to placate Turkey over the killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, citing two senior U.S. officials and two others briefed on the requests. NBC reported the consideration includes directions to the Justice Department and FBI to reopen an extradition case. The Turkish government blames Gulen for a bloody July 2016 coup in Turkey. State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert told reporters that Gulen and the question of the Saudis are unrelated, and claimed reports have tried to "conflate the two." Nauert said the U.S. has received multiple requests from the Turkish government related … [Read more...] about State Department says U.S. is evaluating Turkish materials on Fethullah Gulen
U.S. State Department: Iran Spends $1 Billion a Year on Terrorism
At a press briefing on Tuesday hosted by spokeswoman Heather Nauert, the State Department emphasized how much support Iran provides to terrorist organizations such as Hezbollah and Hamas. Ambassador-at-Large and Coordinator for Counterterrorism Nathan Sales noted that Iran spends almost a billion dollars a year on terrorism, firmly securing its position as the “leading state sponsor of terrorism” even as Iranian leaders complain about the impact of U.S. sanctions on their tottering economy.“Iran spends $700 million a year on Lebanese Hezbollah. It gives another $100 million to various Palestinian terrorist groups, including Hamas. Combined with the money that Tehran provides to other terrorists, the total bill comes close to $1 billion a year,” Ambassador Sales said. “Sadly, it is the Iranian people who are forced to pay this price,” he added. “The resources that Iran uses to fund its global terrorist ambitions are resources that come directly … [Read more...] about U.S. State Department: Iran Spends $1 Billion a Year on Terrorism