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NeutralBias t1_jec1jn9 wrote

Vulkan here refers to NTC Vulkan, a cybersecurity consultancy out of Russia. It is totally distinct from the Vulkan graphics API, an alternative to DirectX and is developed by several industry heavyweights.

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ZOMBIESwithAIDS t1_jecgzh1 wrote

It's such a low-risk, high-reward method of warfare. Russia's conventional military has been shown to be a paper tiger (bear?), but their cyber warfare operations have played a significant role in the inter-turmoil and instability that many Western countries have been experiencing the last decade.

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kstinfo t1_jecobu8 wrote

Russian efforts in support of Trump have always been to foster havoc in the US.

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wrosecrans t1_jecowbv wrote

Replying to NeutralBias (#2,503,799)

The C++ bindings for the Vulkan API have such complex template stuff going on that my IDE slows down so much when working on Vulkan code that it does sometimes feel like Cyberwar.

But, you can use Vulkan for rendering some very cool looking 3D video game explosions. Which is sort of a completely different kind of "Cyber War."

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NeedlessPedantics t1_jecsbbz wrote

Replying to ZOMBIESwithAIDS (#2,507,687)

Every idiot I grew up with in rural Canada is convinced Putin is fighting against the deep state to stop the WEF, and Trudeau from forcing us all into 15 minute communities. The same people who think China managed to steal the election for Trudeau. But Russia wouldn’t possibly do anything to subvert our democracy.

No no, only China.

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katiecharm t1_jecx5bu wrote

It’s happening right here on Reddit, constantly. They post and upvote anti-American content and photos constantly and have a rah-rah circle jerk about how evil America is in the comments. They also love to incite the far right to pass some insane law or do some insane stunt, and then they post about it HERE, and in the comments you can see those same accounts subtly egging people to violence. Their goal is to ultimately pit Americans versus Americans and tear us apart. And it’s working. This site is becoming rapidly a hate snake pit, powered by Russian troll farms.

And the Russian paper army HATE being called out; they will bandwagon onto making fun of you, insulting you, calling you a schitzo, etc.

It’s also so tiring, and the Reddit admins don’t seem to care as long as the site continues to get streamlined towards their IPO.

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golamas1999 t1_jed0q18 wrote

For the misinformation part there are some steps to follow.

-Cut cable -Adblock -Delete Facebook -Seek out trusted independent sources.

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OfTheHive t1_jedbl7q wrote

Was flat earth bullshit part of their distribution? I can only hope it was an intentional ruse and not that people are actually that dumb.

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Mushroom_Tip t1_jedco52 wrote

Replying to NeedlessPedantics (#2,510,854)

It's funny how almost overnight WEF just became a thing they all obsesses about and blame for all their problems.

Almost like all these channels they glue themselves to are connected and spread the same shit.

It's even funnier when you consider Putin regularly spoke at WEF and supported it.

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dogsent t1_jediz5u wrote

>Thousands of pages of secret documents reveal how Vulkan’s engineers have worked for Russian military and intelligence agencies to support hacking operations, train operatives before attacks on national infrastructure, spread disinformation and control sections of the internet. + >The company’s work is linked to the federal security service or FSB, the domestic spy agency; the operational and intelligence divisions of the armed forces, known as the GOU and GRU; and the SVR, Russia’s foreign intelligence organisation.

This has been going on for a long time.

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NeedlessPedantics t1_jedkmap wrote

Replying to Mushroom_Tip (#2,516,473)

Yeah, all their talking points are completely predictable, just watch the headlines from totally not biased news sources like the Counter Signal, and Canada Proud. Two weeks later those are the parroted talking points.

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nubsauce87 t1_jedvisz wrote

And literally nothing will be done about it.

Hell, even without the Ukraine war, nothing would've been done. We've known Russia and China have both been actively hacking us (both citizens and government) constantly, and we've done literally nothing about it.

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CosmicSpaghetti t1_jee305i wrote

Replying to katiecharm (#2,512,200)

That's their whole angle - sow discord & exacerbate division along political/cultural lines.

I just wish I could say it wasn't wickedly effective, but turns out we don't need much pushing to go full tribalism & start ripping each other apart.

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golyadkin t1_jeef4l1 wrote

Replying to NeutralBias (#2,503,799)

The NTC stands for Научно Технический Центр, and indicates that the company is likely closer to a US FFRDC than to a normal private company. Mostly geared towards managing government R&D, but with private clients too. This is a lot more like MITRE than like NSO group.

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jaydinrt t1_jeegu6n wrote

Replying to ZOMBIESwithAIDS (#2,507,687)

The Internet is pretty amazing and bewildering at times...we basically have a virtually direct connection to malicious actors all over the world, and they're actively knocking on your door. If you ever plug something directly onto the public Internet without locking things down or changing defaults, you'll have a bot sitting in your vty in minutes...

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ItilityMSP t1_jeehos1 wrote

Replying to katiecharm (#2,512,200)

I post anti-American sentiment all the time, not because I’m a troll but because the USA’s systems affect policy around the world and these systems are horrible for most people. Example USA is exporting its healthcare system around the world, this has a polarizing effect on public healthcare systems,like Canada, Britain and Germany, now many specialists previously seen in public practice in hospitals can only be seen in private clinics, where services that were free in a public practice now must be paid for in a private practice. So the tendency now is to defund public services to save costs but for society as a whole healthcare spending increases rapidly. Some people see this as acceptable as service availability increases with cost if you can afford it, if you can’t too bad. The essential export is profits over public good.

Many Europeans and Canadians have anti-american sentiments yet they are our allies in many areas and an affront to reality in many others. Nothing is black and white or brown and woke, nuance is everywhere but it’s in this nuance we can understand each other.

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Faulty_Plan t1_jef8w38 wrote

Replying to katiecharm (#2,512,200)

So many times I see the same comments that could be foreign agents or just dumb people repeating their rhetoric:

Elite being above the law

Subsidized costs, privatized profit

over on (other sub) they’re saying…

police are a gang

There are so many statements that end conversation and head toward apathy and giving up. And then there’s dark humor on sensitive subjects.

Like, I can’t tell who’s a real person, but if I was paid to be a divisive warrior using social media, those are exactly the things I’d promote. And I’d get upvotes along the way, which is the scary part making me question the quantity of bad actors at play.

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Art-Zuron t1_jefilfu wrote

Replying to pewpewpewgg (#2,538,963)

That was also originally the ideal of the American Mall. It was pioneered by some folks who thought Malls were an ideal utopia-like system.

Then capitalism turned them into dystopias instead. They were turned into tax havens for millionaires and billionaires to hide their money in.

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JZA1 t1_jegbl4e wrote

Looks like Putin’s Snowden.

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stringrandom t1_jegfl3r wrote

Replying to pewpewpewgg (#2,538,963)

It’s pretty damn awesome. My neighborhood is a 15 minute community. I can easily walk to a couple of grocery stores, a library, three parks, a couple of haircut places, several bars and restaurants, and some general stores.

I can go weeks without needing to drive.

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