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In December, Kaspersky Lab reported that Russia outranked the USA, Germany, China, and Poland for the number of cyber-attacks on computers in 2013. Besides that, adding a spiritual dimension to the world of hacking, Kaspersky reported that a new Trojan virus emerged in Russia that locks computers and demands money for church repairs. Victims may feel the urge to pray if the malware hits their computers, which claims to act “in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit”. More specifically, the Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Dapato.dggc virus claims that the last of the three aspects of the Trinity tells it to lock up user’s files. It promises recovery if one coughs up a donation, allegedly for church restoration. Russian beggars often use a similar trick in the non-virtual world; they dress up as priests and pretend to collect money for church needs. On Monday, Kaspersky Lab said that the Russian-language Trojan circulates as a .zip archive containing unspecified court documents allegedly intended for the user. The hackers behind the spiritual computer sabotage remain unidentified. The Church hasn’t commented on the allegedly pious malware at the time of publication. Allegedly, Russia’s undergoing a religious revival, as polls shoe the number of believers (but not churchgoers) skyrocketing in recent years.
14 January 2014
RIA-Novosti
http://en.ria.ru/russia/20140115/186520190/Holy-Spirit-Infects-Russian-Computers.html
Editor’s Note:
However, do note that, historically, Russians have never been “weekly” churchgoers. Like it or not, religion is more a factor of identity and not belief… one is Russian, therefore, one is Orthodox. Nevertheless, don’t look down on this. Trust me, Russians who only go to church on Easter act more properly in sacred spaces than American “evangelicals” do… they “know” the etiquette and behave in a fitting way, mostly. Americans Born Agains have no sense of the sacred and holy, despite all their churchgoing and bible reading. To put the cherry on the sundae, the typical Russian has a real sense of their shortcomings and sins, whereas the American “evangelical” (and those influenced by such rotters) is a prideful self-centred pietistic brat proud of being part of the saved “little flock” (forever spouting scripture in a lunatic attempt to show everyone how goody-goody they are). If I had to choose, I’d choose the good folks who might not be so overtly religious… there’s nothing so putrid as smarmy pseudo-religion… and I’m not alone in thinking that…
BMD
Voices from Russia 
5 September 2014. From the Russian Web… Obama and Putin Confab… Vova Tells It Like It Is
Tags: Barack Obama, cyberspace, George Will, internet, Internet in Russia, internet meme, political commentary, politics, Russia, Russian, United States, USA, Vladimir Putin
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This image is making the rounds of the Russian cyberworld; it’s become extremely popular (that tells you that anti-American feeling in Russia is very high). Some Americans think that they’re fooling the world… they’re not. Most people are wise to the hypocrisy, double standards, greed, and cruelty of Anglo Americans. After all, didn’t the Anglos drop the bomb on Japan (twice) even though it wasn’t necessary (Japan made peace feelers since December 1944)? That’s why people such as George Will and Rich Lowry are such pains-in-the-arse to non-Americans. Non-Americans know how the USA got as big as it did… it used its armed might to steal Northern Mexico, it smashed the indigenous people into the ground (Custer DID die for your sins), and it started off by rebelling against its rightful king. Yep… the USA isn’t exceptional, it isn’t moral, it isn’t special… but then again, that’s true of all nations. We’re all sinful-ginfuls. The moral tone taken by George Will, in particular, is a howler… he’s the son of privilege… the son of a college professor, he’s from the American equivalent of the nomenklatura, and he acts accordingly (sense of entitlement, and all that… is that how he evaded military service during the Cold War?). He’d do well to look at the actions of his ancestors… they’re far worse than anything done by Vladimir Vladimirovich!
If the USA wants Russia to “return” the Crimea… it’d had best turn over the keys of the Alamo over to Mexico and haul down the Stars n’ Stripes. Otherwise, it’s hypocritical double-dealing in through the front door! It should keep quiet unless it hands over South Dakota to the Lakota… but that isn’t going to happen and the Anglos won’t shut up their traps and stop their vacuous and fatuous moralising, either. Pass the jug… they’re disgusting and posturing toddlers, aren’t they? They’re not going to change in our lifetimes…
BMD