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Russian Hackers To Lithuania: All Your Base Are Belong To Us

blog.washingtonpost.com — Hundreds of Lithuanian government and corporate Web sites were hacked and plastered with Soviet-era symbols and other digital graffiti this week in what appears to be a coordinated cyber attack launched by Russian hacker groups.

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  • YodaOfDarkness, on 07/05/2008, -15/+4In Soviet Russia, interwebs own YOU.
  • QuirozB, on 07/05/2008, -1/+20Soviet-era? A red scare?
  • xdvx, on 07/05/2008, -5/+18This is lame. Some guys hacked few poor CMS sites and our government thought it's a big deal.
  • ivan423, on 07/05/2008, -12/+6Васильевич Меняет Профессию. It's pandemonium 2008! Everything is crazy as hell!
  • trumpcard, on 07/05/2008, -5/+21This is a hype,Finnish hackers are much more talented than these commies and don't take credit.
  • Miketheninja, on 07/05/2008, -14/+3In Soviet Russia, Lithuania hacks you!!
  • wreckosaurus, on 07/05/2008, -14/+65***** russian douche bags, they still think Lithuania is theirs. My wife is Lithuanian, and I've experienced it first hand. Russians living in Lithuania refuse to learn the language, they demand that everyone speak to them in russian. Even if they do know the language they won't speak it. I've seen numerous conversations in restaurants where russians will speak in russian, the waitress will reply in Lithuanian, and the russian will respond in russian. They're incredibly arrogant and unbelievably nationalistic, one guy wanted to fight me because I didn't know russian.
    • Selfmadecelo, on 07/05/2008, -9/+27Sounds like America dealing with Mexico....
      • Sawta, on 07/05/2008, -4/+21Only difference being that the Russian understood Lithuanian.
      • tehknotte, on 07/05/2008, -3/+5Also the French in Canada.
      • rakous, on 07/05/2008, -3/+10Sounds like Mexico dealing with America...
      • calantus, on 07/05/2008, -4/+8sounds like Americans dealing with Americans.
      • rz8472, on 07/05/2008, -1/+13Que?
      • zetec, on 07/05/2008, -2/+1I dunno, here in Texas anyways the majority of the population is remarkably becoming at least somewhat bilingual, and fairly tolerant (of the Mexican influx at least). I can't tell you how many soccer moms and the like I've seen taking Continuing Education classes specifically to learn Spanish, not to mention almost every kid is being taught it in school nowadays. Don't get me wrong, you still see plenty of racist rednecks, but even they can speak at least a little Spanish. I think it's finally started to sink in down here that things are changing, the Mexican population here, illegal or otherwise, isn't going to just "go away". People want to be able to communicate.
      • Atomic1fire, on 07/06/2008, -0/+2Except the mexicans dont understand english
        An American tourist in Mexico will probably understand more Spanish then a Mexican illegal immigrant in the united states of america would know english
    • feliks2, on 07/05/2008, -0/+5I've been going to Latvia for a month in summer the last four years (born there) and the language problem doesn't seem as bad as in Lithuania. Although things are steadily meging to Latvian only, the vast majority of people still speak both Russian and Latvian (I speak Russian), and I have never had any problems communicating with people, whether on the street or in a store. Two years ago though I went to Lithuania briefly and just ordering food was hard because from what I experienced most people spoke only Lithuanian.
    • RusskiGuy, on 07/05/2008, -15/+8Wow if Russians are douche bags, they're still not quite up to your level, you pompous, ignorant, anecdotal-evidence-telling prick!

      People can speak whatever language they want, especially if they can speak more than one and the other person can understand both.

      Are you trying to say that nationalism is bad too? Guess what you sound like with your nationalistic arguments for Lithuanian? Hypocrite.

      And as far as the hacking goes, even if it may not be the best way to deal with it, banning medals WW II veterans got for fighting against the Nazi's is a huge slap to the face and there's definitely basis for discontent there.

      Lastly, Russia is a country and should be capitalized.
      • overt, on 07/05/2008, -4/+8Haha. You idiot.
      • AchaIemoipas, on 07/05/2008, -5/+9Yeah they should honor the same people who sent them to concentration camps and stole their land.

        Stalin wasn't any better than Hitler.

        Oh, and rUSSIA sucks ass.
      • BoonTobias, on 07/05/2008, -2/+1nationalism IS bad, it divides people more than other issues
      • Atomic1fire, on 07/06/2008, -0/+2Nationalism is not horrible
        Its just the concept of having pride in ones nation
        saying its a bad thing is like saying that its bad to be happy in a baseball team when your team wins, because the other team lost
    • Snokage, on 07/05/2008, -2/+7Sort of like, immigrants in America still speak their home languages and want others to speak that language to them as well?
      • AchaIemoipas, on 07/05/2008, -2/+2You don't have anything like that in the US.

        We have something similar in Quebec, Canada. People who were born and raised in a predominately french province, surrounded by french people, in the only french community of the entire american continent, with everything written in French and they still can't speak french and insult francophones for not speaking english.
      • kirado4, on 07/05/2008, -0/+2 ot the one above ..sounds like the french when there anywhere but france..
      • AchaIemoipas, on 07/06/2008, -0/+0You've clearly never met anyone from France.

        And French Canadians aren't French. That's like saying americans are british.
    • Ortheos, on 07/06/2008, -6/+1Russia is much stronger than Lithuania. Now that you are Nato's pet, you may feel safe, but in time you will be Russia's pet again, when NATO is crushed.
  • Karolismatul, on 07/05/2008, -4/+46Pfft, this wasn't even a big deal, compared to what happened in Estonia a while ago. The attacks did not go very far, and were not extremely damaging.

    Just showed what pricks the Russians are, they still haven't crawled out of their USSR mentality. Gogo KGB. In you we trust. ;) They still think Lithuania is their property. Living in Lithuania myself, it sometimes seems I'm living in Russia. Arrogant Russians refuse to learn or speak our language. Sometimes even the service personnel speaks first in Russian to you, then switches to Lithuanian. Although I understand Russian and speak it well, I will not sink to such a low level of having to speak Russian to employees who work and live in MY country.

    Change your mentality, adapt and we will accept you as equal citizens in Lithuania. Even if you have trouble speaking Lithuanian, we will try to understand and value your effort in speaking our language. Get off your high horse or get the ***** out of my country, you lost ownership of it 18 years ago.
    • poidh, on 07/05/2008, -4/+12I'm not Lithuanian, but sir, I salute you.
    • feliks2, on 07/05/2008, -1/+6In Latvia there is a law that all firemen, policemen, etc. have to speak Latvian fluently. Most people that work in the service industry (store clerks, bankers and whatnot) are also required to speak Latvian fluently. Most service- based companies also require their employees to speak decent Russian too, as a courtesy. Maybe Lithuania should try something like that. Maybe not the Russian part, as there is a higher percentage of Russians in Latvia than Lithuania, bu still.
    • janetaSiri, on 07/05/2008, -0/+6I'm sincerely sorry that the Russians you have met in Lithuania are less than Enlightened. But please do not Generalize the people of Russia Based on those few. I am a Russian Immigrant myself, and the people I know In Russia are not the same 'pricks' that you know in Lithuania. They are Intelligent, kind people, who are not in the USSR mentality, nor do they support the KGB.
    • sensibledriver, on 07/06/2008, -0/+1We have the same issue in the US with people coming here and refusing to learn the language, so, we can empathize.
  • poidh, on 07/05/2008, -6/+27Ah, I see the Russians are embarrassing themselves yet again.
  • steelaz, on 07/05/2008, -1/+18Comment on original article: "There are no stateless people in Lithuania- every resident regardless the nationality was given Lithuanian citizenship back in 1991. There are stateless people in Latvia and Estonia, but all they have to do is pass simple exam of Latvian/Estonian language, and they would get the passport. The problem is that those people refuse to speak the language of the state they live in, and prefer to remain stateless."
    • feliks2, on 07/05/2008, -0/+6For the most part thats right, but for some people it gets more complicated than that. My cousin's dad was born in Latvia, speaks decent Latvian, is ethnically half and half Russian and Latvian I think, but he still had lots of trouble getting a Latvian citizenship.
  • 1longtime, on 07/05/2008, -6/+19Maybe they should hack their own government websites, Russia's government is a complete failure.

    Never before has a country gone from super power to third world country so rapidly, and the economic collapse is caused by political opposition to globalism and the Russian society's extensive xenophobia. Maybe these hackers can clean their own house first.
    • punkcat, on 07/05/2008, -1/+3read the article please.
    • Lazydriver, on 07/05/2008, -0/+4That, and just overall corruption aka free reign mafias.
  • donkz, on 07/05/2008, -10/+5Yet no one in this thread found it immoral that history is still being altered and russian population of baltic countries is being pressured by nationalistic maniacs in power. Hack-attack is immature and criminal way to address these disputes, but it seems that no one will take into attention the fact that in this world there're still govenments that would promote nationalism and racism using their direct authority.
    • steelaz, on 07/05/2008, -2/+6How is it racism to ban Soviet symbols? Lithuania experienced both Soviet and Nazi regimes and one is no better then the other. You wouldn't want to have German swastikas hanging around in Moscow.
    • tensvb, on 07/05/2008, -2/+5Who alters the history? Russians started World War II along with nazis in 1939 (both countries invaded Poland). In all countries in the world it's in the history books. But in Russian version of the history WWII has started in 1941, when Hitler decided to attack his previous ally Stalin.
    • viskas, on 07/05/2008, -1/+5Have you been here and know what your are talking about? I live in Daugavpils, second largest city in Latvia, and I can't go to doctor, barber, market, drive taxi etc. or use any other public service and speak Latvian and hope I'll get service I wanted. I.e., I can try, but if it's not a trivial message I'll be most likely forced to switch to Russian unless other person is Latvian himself. Which is about 20% percent here. So what pressure are you talking about??? I feel totally pressured in my own country being unable to use my mother language here. Well, of course, I have an option to move to another city here, but why? Who's pressuring whom?
    • JackGrozny, on 07/05/2008, -1/+2@ tensvb
      Except it's not quite that simple. Russia did invade Poland along with the Nazis, no doubt. But the area they annexed was ethnically Ukrainian and Belorussian, and was actually annexed from the Soviet Union by Poland in the Polish-Soviet War of '22-'23. And you could hardly call Hitler and Stalin allies, they hated each other, and they both knew war between their two countries was coming. Stalin was trying to use the annexed area as a buffer zone, which worked out very well considering Nazi troops came within 50 miles of capturing Moscow. It's never as simple as any history book would make it out to be.
      • kirado4, on 07/05/2008, -1/+3dude the russians were allied with the germans in the beginning.. go read a history book..
    • JackGrozny, on 07/05/2008, -1/+1@ tensvb
      Sorry for multi-posting but I forgot about this bit. The Soviet Union actually tried to align themselves with France and Britain against Hitler before WW2, but while the Soviet Union sent high-ranking generals with hard numbers and promises to their meetings, the French and British sent low-ranking diplomats with no real power, because they had no real interest in preventing the war. Finding themselves without help against Germany, and without an army ready to fight them, Russia was forced to sign the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, a non-aggression pact (not an alliance) to bide for time.
  • Aquashark, on 07/05/2008, -5/+15Russian nationalism can suck my ballz after ***** up so many countries with their influence.
    • AncientPC, on 07/08/2008, -0/+1America is following in close pursuit, perhaps there's something to learn here . . .
  • pbone, on 07/05/2008, -0/+6HACK THE WORLD
  • lilmoder, on 07/05/2008, -2/+5:guy from Latvia:
    Russians still think that Latvia is their biggest enemy or something :/
    • t2t2, on 07/05/2008, -0/+2:Estonian:
      No, they think we are because of Estonian war of independence...
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonian_War_of_Indep ...
      • karolisonline, on 07/16/2008, -0/+2:Lithuanian:
        No, I think they pretty hate all of us, because we are better than those russians. Even during occupation baltic states were more developed than other states of soviet union. And after all, russia is powerful only for about 200 years and before that they were zero that was fuc*ed from all sides and we were one of the biggest countries in all Europe. They are sour only because they are result of over rated democracy that was second in the world (and maybe was a mistake)...
  • xsquirrel378x, on 07/05/2008, -4/+10In Soviet Russia, Soulja Boy can suck my ***** dick
  • InsideRide, on 07/05/2008, -2/+5All your base are belong to us.
  • DarkRellik, on 07/05/2008, -5/+3Honestly, you guys are taking this way out of proportion. Some script kiddies fooled around with a few Lithuanian government websites. Big deal, but you guys are taking it a step further. Remember, that the Soviet Union only broke up because most Satellite states thought they could live a better life by severing all ties to Russia and becoming closer and closer to America/Western Europe, by joining NATO/EU. Sadly, their oil and natural gas still comes from Russia - and who knows where America's missle defense shield will be when the American economic bubble finally bursts...
    • extr3mer, on 07/05/2008, -2/+2Around 300 sites were hacked, in a small country like Lithuania, that is a lot.
  • logdesigner, on 07/05/2008, -2/+4Wait, did I miss something? Are the Russians poisoning people again that don't agree with them? Good to know that America is not as hated as the Russians.
    • charlietuna, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1Well that's an interesting point, but not really useful. The US has to learn to be a good actor (or at least a better one), and so does Russia. If you wanted to compare Putin to Dubya the most glaring contrast is the fact that Putin is at least a shrewder character f not simply smarter. Other than that I think they are very similar people.
    • CAisBacK, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1"America is not as hated as the Russians"
      What are you talking about? It depends where you ask. If you ask the Warsaw pact countries they'll be resented with the USSR, but if you ask the Middle East.. well that's another story....
  • cgbspender, on 07/05/2008, -1/+5I wonder if there are now animated flying penises on the websites ...
  • CAisBacK, on 07/05/2008, -1/+3C'mon Russia.. you hackers wanna do something impressive? Do the same thing to the US.. i don't know how about the CIA or FBI sites???
  • x1soundgarden1x, on 07/05/2008, -0/+8Was I the only one that thought this article was about Russian hackers altering goverment systems with the classic video game translation error "all your base are belong to us?" Seriously, this article had nothing to do with that and the title for this is pretty misleading as it's not game related in the least. Anyone else feel mislead...abused even :-(
  • Nettles9, on 07/05/2008, -3/+5All blind Russian insults aside, the new Lithuanian law is worthy of a good facepalm or two. I think it's good to make a statement like these hackers did, but since everyone is generalising Russians, surely this won't logistically apply to the conversation.
    • extr3mer, on 07/05/2008, -2/+3Why is it worthy of a facepalm? I mean, there are lots of laws against the Nazi swastika.
      • Ortheos, on 07/06/2008, -4/+2Because comparing a regime that organized the industrial slaughter of millions with the one that gave the most to destroy that same regime is kind of sad, and your ungrateful little arse needs to be beaten a little so you don't insult the one country that ***** bled itself to near death fighting the most sadistic regime in history.

        Go cozy up to the Americans who think they won the war all by themselves, while they brutalize nations in the middle east but thats ok as long as they're not beating your sorry arse up. Countires such as yours had a major part to play in nazi occupation, you welcomed them with open arms, as a consequence you suffered when the soviets got the chance to deal out justice to the traitors of it's own people.

        People like you who think the nazi swastika represents the same ideals as the hammer and sickle really need to be thrown in a mental institution, you are a dangerous fascist piece of ***** hiding underneath. You want to equate the two just so the nazis aren't seen as badly, because deep down you love the nazi regime, you are sad they had to go.
      • extr3mer, on 07/09/2008, -0/+1Well, let's see. Russians haves oppressed Lithuania from 1795 to 1918 and from 1940 to 1991. Hundreds of thousands Lithuanians were exiled to Siberia before WWII and another half of a million were killed or exiled to Siberia during WWII. So, the totals were around 750000, a bit much for a country with 3 million people living in it.

        Most of the people who were exiled died due to inhumane conditions. Children had to eat their parents who froze to death so they wouldn't starve to death for christ's sake.

        Now, I'm not saying Russians were worse than Nazis or even close to them, but what they did was very similar, wasn't it?
    • sensibledriver, on 07/06/2008, -1/+2How dare Lithuania ban symbols of their passed oppressors!!
  • etx313, on 07/05/2008, -2/+5Silly Russians...
  • karolisonline, on 07/05/2008, -1/+9ok. what they did was not very impressive. they just hacked one data center (maybe russian admin worked there..) and all hacked sites were from same data center. not very serious web-sites were hacked. our government is using internal data network so as long as it is not hacked I think we are safe. and I never heard russians hacking something serious. what they managed to do in Estonia was denial of service attacks - they didn't even managed to hack any sites in real there. i think china went a bit further with this stuff than russia.
  • Spectre77, on 07/06/2008, -1/+1In Soviet Russia, bases belong to... wait...

    In Soviet Russia, hackers hack... dammit...

    It's a trap? No, they already figured that out...

    This is a related, on-topic video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU
    It's not rick-roll, just ignore the uuiU

    Man this is hard without coffee...

    THATS WHAT SHE SAID!
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