John Kerry: I write emails assuming that Russia and China are 'very likely' reading

[GennGreymane]

John Kerry: I write emails assuming that Russia and China are 'very likely' reading them (them removed to fit)

http://www.businessinsider.com/john-...#ixzz3inluvSRX

Secretary of State John Kerry says he writes emails "with the awareness" that Russian and Chinese hackers are likely reading them, he revealed in an interview with CBS News on Tuesday.

"It is very likely. It is not ... outside the realm of possibility and we know they have attacked a number of American interests over the course of the last few days," Kerry said, referring to recent reports that Russian hackers attacked the Pentagon and Chinese cyberspies were reading US officials' emails.

"It's very possible ... and I certainly write things with that awareness," Kerry added. He did not specify whether he was referring to personal email, government email, or both.

Chinese cyberspies have reportedly been reading the private emails of Obama-administration officials and "top national security and trade officials" since 2010.

The report comes amid the ongoing issue of Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server for work-related correspondences while she served as Secretary of State from 2009 to 2013.

Her private server was handed over to the FBI yesterday as part of an ongoing investigation.

Personal inboxes are not the only things being targeted: Chinese hackers — known as the "bullies of cyberspace" — have breached airlines, health-insurance companies, and other government agencies to collect intelligence on US officials and their foreign contacts.

More than 21 million people had their sensitive background and security-clearance information stolen when Chinese hackers breached Office of Personnel Management (OPM) databases in early 2014. The same hackers reportedly attacked United Airlines — the main airline flying in and out of Washington, DC's Dulles Airport — and American airlines.

Kerry emphasized that he is well aware of the changing nature of espionage. He also noted that cyberattacks are of "enormous concern" to the administration.

"Spying has taken place for centuries and the latest means of spying is to be going after peoples' cyber," he said. "Companies spend billions of dollars to protect themselves, the United States government does the same."

Still, as geopolitical expert Ian Bremmer noted to Business Insider in June, "there's no effective defense against these attacks and, as we've seen, there's also no effective deterrence."

[Cybran]

Kerry : I know that Putin is reading my emails
Reporter: How do you know?
Kerry: Well, he hints at it in this secret letter to his misters.

[GennGreymane]

Kerry : I know that Putin is reading my emails
Reporter: How do you know?
Kerry: Well, he hints at it in this secret letter to his misters.

International politics being international politics.

[I Push Buttons]

We think that they think like we think.

And since we do it, we assume they do it. Nothing new here.

[Cybran]

It's hypocritical when the biggest infringers of personal space whinge about their privacy.

[Independent voter]

I hope somebody somewhere in the government has some Mission Impossible type encryption devices.

[derpkitteh]

if i was kerry, i'd end each letter telling putin how much his mother loved the capitalist dick.or better yet, how much she loved munching capitalist carpet.

i don't hate putin, but i'm damn close to it. we really need to do something about him.

[Zomis]

First smart thing Kerry has done

[Vightnic]

i don't hate putin, but i'm damn close to it. we really need to do something about him.

He is the leader of an important world power. We can't just do something about him, beyond our current policies anyway. I may not like Putin personally, but I respect his ability to play the game. He is playing against a stacked deck at the moment and still managing to keep it together. A worthy rival.

[Wildtree]

kerry should put some malware links into the mails too.
nothing says capitalism better than porn links, penis enlargements and viagra spam mails..
lol

[Theinquisition]

if i was kerry, i'd end each letter telling putin how much his mother loved the capitalist dick.or better yet, how much she loved munching capitalist carpet.

i don't hate putin, but i'm damn close to it. we really need to do something about him.

Hell, I'd argue he is his own worst enemy, he has done more to harm Russia Economically and influentially, then anyone in the last 20 years.

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kerry should put some malware links into the mails too.
nothing says capitalism better than porn links, penis enlargements and viagra spam mails..
lol

I am a Nigerian Prince with a business proposal for you.

[Wildtree]

I am a Nigerian Prince with a business proposal for you.

Exactly!!!

[Reeve]

I almost expect the next line to be "....I mean, after all, we're sure as hell reading theirs!"

[I Push Buttons]

He is the leader of an important world power. We can't just do something about him, beyond our current policies anyway. I may not like Putin personally, but I respect his ability to play the game. He is playing against a stacked deck at the moment and still managing to keep it together. A worthy rival.

Crumbling economy based entirely on fossil fuel exports that gets worse by the day, universal disdain from almost the entire international community, severe austerity in affect causing him to lay off literally a hundred thousand people from government jobs, assassinating his political rivals on the street outside the Kremlin, etc, etc.

"Keeping it together."

[GennGreymane]

I almost expect the next line to be "....I mean, after all, we're sure as hell reading theirs!"

International politics being international politics

I do wonder if they write the same way.

Not crazy to think that they could write it in a way that rick rolls

[Acidbaron]

He is the leader of an important world power. We can't just do something about him, beyond our current policies anyway. I may not like Putin personally, but I respect his ability to play the game. He is playing against a stacked deck at the moment and still managing to keep it together. A worthy rival.

Russia is not a world power anymore, a world power doesn't rely on knee jerk reactions or has to hide the fact that they are invading another country even more so if they believe they are doing it for the right reasons or so they believe.

Neither Europe, China or the US had to hide their big military actions abroad, that's quite telling.



OT: I think kerry should just remain silent he isn't helping hillary by making such statements, if anything he's giving the opposition more fuel.

[Theinquisition]

Exactly!!!

You're the man Wildtree, are you on steam?

[Orange Joe]

It's hypocritical when the biggest infringers of personal space whinge about their privacy.

Can you show me where is he whining about it?

[Theinquisition]

Can you show me where is he whining about it?

Yeah, id say its more of a "off the cuff" remark.

Been a while Baar, how ya doing buddy?

[Zomis]

kerry should put some malware links into the mails too.
nothing says capitalism better than porn links, penis enlargements and viagra spam mails..
lol

Ye should buy a Lenova laptop