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According to DOJ [1], "Someone" is Fancy Bear [2] and the FBI has seized control [3] of the C&C domain (ToKnowAll.com)

[1] https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fancy_Bear

[3] https://www.engadget.com/2018/05/24/fbi-seizes-domain-russia...

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I believe this is what Antonov meant when he said: "A pre-designed scenario is being implemented, Again, we are being threatened. We warned that such actions will not be left without consequences." in response to the latest Syria strike.

WWIII may not be nukes, but complete economic chaos after banks, hospitals, militaries, and electricity networks are taken down.

Good reasons to start being a prepper if you aren't already

And to watch all of Mr. Robot for ideas.

And "dai hard 4".

Let's just abbreviate "Someone" to "The Russian Government". They are mostly targeting Ukraine, but who know what else they are up to. Almost as troubling as the US government actions.

Any evidence or press release is enough?

https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2018/05/VPNFilter.html provides a detailed technical overview of how VPNFilter functions and their findings conclude it appears to be a derivative of similar efforts by the same group.

NCCIC released the following analysis last year with more on the topic: https://www.us-cert.gov/sites/default/files/publications/AR-...

Sophos published an article a month ago that warned about this exact scenario: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2018/04/18/russias-grizzly-...

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