Russian Cyber Policy Efficiency In 2007, the government of Estonia decided to move a landmark, the Bronze Soldier, from the center of the city of Tallinn to a military cemetery. This caused outrage in the ethnic Russian community living in Estonia. It is believed that Russia distributed false news reports about the desecration of Soviet war graves and the Bronze Soldier. These false reports more than likely assisted with inciting the riot that occurred on April 26, 2007 and lasted approximately two nights. McGuinness (2017) of BBC News reports: From 27 April, Estonia was also hit by major cyber-attacks which in some cases lasted weeks. Online services of Estonian banks, media outlets and government bodies were taken down by unprecedented …show more content…
This means that the cyber-attacks and the military operations that occur before, after, or during the cyber-attack must have been authorized and coordinated together by the same entity that sanctioned the military action. In order for the Russian government to benefit from the effects of the cyber operations without incurring repercussions, they must be able to maintain plausible deniability. If a party wants specific actions performed at specific times it may have to provide instructions and potentially the tools to perform those actions. Just as a computer may use a proxy to access a website so that the website will not know the identifying information of the computer requesting the information, the Russians may have used a proxy, a group of non-state cyber actors, to perform the cyber-attacks. While the group of non-state cyber actors may not agree with the government’s national objectives, they may have been incentivized with funds and/or favors. In any event, the cyber actors directly and indirectly assist the Russian government with realizing the national objectives, depending on if the government informed them of the true objectives. It is safe to assume that the relationship between the government and non-state cyber-actors is potentially mutually beneficial or that the government threatens the non-state cyber-actor in order to make them perform some cyber action. For state cyber-actors, the relationship is mutually beneficial because the Russian
The culmination of the riot originated from a car crash that caused African-Americans to start pointing fingers at the Jews and vice versa. After leaving a cemetery to visit the grave of a leader of the Jewish community, Yosef Lifsh started to drive east on President Street when he either ran
Some of the groups labeled by Russians as terrorists are also US supported, which can lead to potential government
The Kremlin does not take kindly to any who would question its authority, whether through speech, essays, or social media. In fact, all protests except those authorized by the government are illegal. Another example of their censorship is visible in 2015 when the Kremlin attempted to disconnect Russia’s internet from that of the rest of the world in order to close the country from outside influences (Soldatov 396). The reason for such adamancy on the subject of censorship is due to the fact that Russian authorities have reimplemented their repressive tactics towards opponents since Vladimir Putin’s presidential reelection in 2012 (Gel’den 7). The Kremlin bases its success off of the extent of control it can exert. Thus, the breeding ground of ideas that is the internet is dangerous to their objectives. While it is impossible to completely shut the country off from external influences at the moment, Russia is definitely capable of stifling domestic opposition; especially that of the people
On the morning after the shooting, the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) went to the school nearby the scene. They demanded a civilian review board to discipline the police, but they were greeted by fifty officers holding nightsticks. Two hundred protesters , primarily whites and Puerto Ricans, were occupying the area in front of the school by noon. The next day 250 people attended James Powell’s funeral under surveillance of policemen. In another part of town, people were putting on a rally discussing the rising crime rate in Hharlem. The funeral ended without any problems but later on the rally took a turn for the worst. The crowds made their way to the rooftops and began throwing bricks and bottles. The police rushed to secure the buildings arresting rioters and CORE members. Over 1,000 people assembled at the intersection of 7th Avenue and 125th street. The police began to break the crowd down into mobs which ran in different directions. One group made their way to the Theresa Hotel and a Molotov cocktail was thrown at a police car injuring an officer. The police, authorized to use firearms, proceeded to fire in the air to hold off rioters on the rooftops. One man was found dead after being shot by one of the officers random rounds. On the fourth day, July 19-20th, 75 volunteers created an “outpost” on 125th Street and 8th Avenue to develop aid for teenagers and women in the closing riot. The group began arguing with two white reporters
This comes just days after the Canadian Security Intelligence Service quietly released an open-sourced global security analysis warning, among other things, that the hard-line policies of Russian President Vladimir Putin are becoming more deeply entrenched and that Moscow is retooling its military for a fight.
The New York Times includes important sources thato help the reader feel more secure about the information given. The type of propaganda that the journalists Mark Landler and Jonathan Weisman often used thewas Testimonial device. The New York Times’ quotes in the article were by people who are well- known by the populace. A quote stated by someone who is well recognized generally helps the reader believe what is being said versus a quote by a person who is not well recognized. This is why Landler and Weisman decided to include President Obama and Secretary of¬ State John Kerry in for quotes in their article. By using these individuals, it also links the story and helps verify the information that was given to the targeted audience. End The Lie’s article had numerous quotes, but some were by recognizable people and others were anonymous. Having an anonymous source in an article is skeptical because anyone could have said it, and that person may not know much about the Russian proposal or the any other diplomatic path that is trying to be focusedsolutions. Also, on or the journalist could have easily added their own opinion by quoting themselves and hiding behind an anonymous source.
Itzhak Dugin was a survivor from Vilna. He remembers a cold winter day in January 1942. One of his jobs was to bury bodies that were buried in rows covered in dirt. The ditches were funnel shaped and he had to lay them out like herrings, head to foot. He also had to dig up and burn the Jews of Vilna. Early in January 1944 they began digging up the bodies. When the last mass grave was opened he found his entire family. He recognized his mom, three sisters, and their children. They were buried four months, it was winter so they were well preserved. He recognized them by their faces and their clothing. The Nazis planned to have them dig up the graves starting with the oldest. The last graves were the newest and the first graves were from the first ghetto. The first grave had 24,000 bodies. The deeper you dug the flatter the bodies, each was like a flat slab. When you tried to grasp a body it crumbled, making it impossible to pick
With so many cyber attacks happening, people and the government need to take action against the online attackers.
I wanted to learn how the KGB came into our country and why. Although I was disappointed that the webcast did not go into very much detail about KGB operations or spies, I did learn a great amount about using primary sources when writing about History and facts. The reason I will buy and read John Haynes book Spies is because after watching the webcast I know the information is valid and I know it is a topic I am now interested in studying further. I believe the records, information, pictures, and facts given in Haynes webcast presentation were to verify his sources and let scholars know that his book is based on truth. This is very important to students and scholars when searching for proper material to study and
There has been claims that the Russia hacked the U.S 2016 presidential election and Putin personally gave the order. This might be possible because of the rivalries between the two countries since the Cold War. The two countries has long history to outshine each other. There is no relationship between the two countries before the World War II, but both countries united against the Nazis. After the war, there has been competition between the two countries on who can perform better in field of science and technology. The two countries wanted other countries to follow and live by their ideologies. The rivalry between the countries doesn’t just evolved during the 2016 presidential election, but has
Starting in the summer of 1944 the Nazi were getting defeated and the war was almost over. When they realized that they would lose they wanted to get rid of all evidence of crimes, even the survivors. Nazi’s would burn the bodies of dead people and try to get rid of the camps but, there was still survivors who could tell people what they had happen to them so the Nazi’s walked them on death marches in worse conditions than in the camp. Over 250,000 people died on the marches but some lived to tell what happened and here is one of their stories.
I know you heard about this. It was propaganda at its best and Russia just posts what the U.S. is whining about. Russia has learned that western media makes itself look like an ignorant buffoon, because the western press has a very low level of intelligence to deal with in its stories. Americans as a rule are not that well educated and reading is a byproduct of that situation. So post the dribble from the west and the west looks less and less intelligent everyday...
The United States government needs to focus less on physical warfare and more on cyber warfare.
During the 2016 U.S. election, computers related to the Democratic party were “hacked” into, and thousands of documents were released that painted the democratic party in a bad light. It was in the month of October when U.S. officials stated they believed the culprit was Russia. This begs the question: Should the U.S. be concerned about possible Russian involvement in the 2016 campaign election? The answer is a simple yes. This issue deserves the concerns of U.S. citizens because it affects all of our lives. It affects our security as a nation, it affects the confidence we have in our government, and it takes away from what makes America
Police held Russia under a microscope, in a coup like state. Committees like the “Third Section”,