Why Vermont? A Facebook comment (slightly edited) on Russian "hacking" (whatever than means) in one of our most pristine states ...

Sunday, January 1, 2017

One request, from a not-so-humble, uninformed, ignorant, non-tech-savvy citizen -- to the "Intelligence Kommunity (CIA, FBI)," The Press Pundrity," and the "WHinfotry":

Could you pls., pls. clearly, simply define what you mean by "hacking."

The dictionary definition: "to use a computer to gain unauthorized access to data in a system."

John Brown Am no computer/hacker specialist -- but I can't stop thinking: Why Vermont?

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Why should 'em russkies (yes, they're coming!) hack a computer in, of all places, Vermont (mind you, I luv Vermont), which we'd all agree, pristine state that it is, is not a center of imperialistic American aggression, except perhaps to protect the homeland against that dangerous neighbor, Canada? 

And is "hack" the technically correct word describing what the the Russian FSB geeks supposedly did, as part of a putative (putintative?) "plan" to destabilize our dear post-Bush-II designated "homeland" by means of "cyber-warfare"? 

I bet most Russians (including -- especially? -- their leadership), so many of whose members know "America" mostly by their investments in Manhattan & Florida real estate, probably can't even find Vermont on a map ...

BTW, How many of us 'Merikans can find, say, Yamalia on the map (granted, bigger than Vermont)? (No it's not All-quiet-flows the Don's spouse.)

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Posted by John Brown at 10:39 AM  

Editor’s Note: An earlier version of this story incorrectly said that Russian hackers had penetrated the U.S. electric grid. Authorities say there is no indication of that so far. The computer at Burlington Electric that was hacked was not attached to the grid.