If you’ve been following the news recently, by now you’ve heard about the Russian spy ring infiltrated and formally charged by the US. The operatives spying on us make a lot of critical mistakes.
Back during the cold war, spies from the USSR were notorious for their caution and yes, their use of advanced technology, to successfully pass information back and forth between operatives and the USSR. We’re talking about things like completely passive microphones powered by remote radio signals and microfiche in hollow coins. Now they are using ad-hoc 802.11 wireless networks and flaky custom software on top of Windows XP to exchange information? Really? This is like the last way I would do this! Writing passwords down on sticky notes? Pathetic! Talking to unknown Russian “operatives” for IT support who are actually US investigators? Too easy. Honestly, it all seems so amateur it makes me think if we weren’t meant to discover this ring on purpose. Food for thought.
Read the article linked below for more spy FAIL.
[via Network World]