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Old 10-30-2013, 11:51 AM
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Beware Putin Bearing Gifts.....

http://www.latimes.com/world/worldno...#axzz2jDzfZO11
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Old 10-30-2013, 12:13 PM
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The chutzpah of it is so Russian.
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Old 10-30-2013, 12:16 PM
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Awesome.

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Old 10-30-2013, 01:04 PM
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Just the link does me no good.


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Old 10-30-2013, 01:11 PM
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"Russian hosts of the Group of 20 summit near St. Petersburg in September sent world leaders home with gifts designed to keep on giving: memory sticks and recharging cables programmed to spy on their communications, two Italian newspapers reported Tuesday.


A Kremlin spokesman denied the allegations reported by Il Corriere della Sera and La Stampa, both of which attributed their stories to findings of technical investigations ordered by the president of the European Council and carried out by German intelligence.

The USB thumb drives marked with the Russia G20 logo and the three-pronged European phone chargers were "a poisoned gift" from Russian President Vladimir Putin, Turin-based La Stampa [link in Italian] said in its report.

“They were Trojan horses designed to obtain information from computers and cellphones,” the paper said.

The bugging devices were included in gift bags given to all delegates who attended the Sept. 5-6 summit at the palace in Stelna, outside of St. Petersburg, the newspapers said.

Suspicions about the drives and rechargers were first raised by Herman Van Rompuy, president of the European Council, Il Corriere della Sera [link in Italian] said in its front-page story.

Van Rompuy. from Belgium, ordered technical analysis of the devices by intelligence experts in Brussels and Bonn, the newspapers said. Initial investigation found "the USB sticks and the recharge cables are suitable for undercover detection of computer data and mobile phones," the Italian newspapers said Van Rompuy reported to G20 members in a confidential memo.

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Old 10-30-2013, 01:18 PM
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Same as it ever was.

The United States and Russia spy? Naw, say it isn't so!

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Old 10-30-2013, 05:04 PM
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MORE SPY PARANOIA

Russians believes the Chinese are spying on them by planting chips
in things like irons and kettles.

http://news.yahoo.com/russians-think...202719344.html
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