Edit: Only 2 of these were actually installed.
…these cameras contain a hardcoded list of Russian phone numbers, which can be used to open a backdoor. An SMS from one of these numbers can open shell and network access.
…the web management portal can be accessed, exposing live streams, by anyone with the camera IP.
Reports also suggest that pressure from the opposition political party in Slovakia led to the NBU investigations. The current government of the country, led by populist Robert Fico, initially denied reports that the cameras were of Russian origin and rebuffed any security concerns. Fico has what some would describe as a pro-Russia tilt, but you can read more about that elsewhere, if you are interested.
To be fair, the EU is currently sending billions to support the Ukrainians in their fight against Russia. The EU is open about this support, it is no secret that there is a proxy war going on with Russia.
The Russian response against the EU has been pathetically weak, attacking undersea cables in secret provides a minor inconvenience, this camera business in the article is also quite pathetic compared to what the EU is doing to Russia.
In terms of going up the escalation ladder, Russia has barely gotten to step one because they can’t even handle Ukraine, why do you think they can open up a second front against NATO when they are down to Ladas and donkeys fighting Ukraine?
You also clearly do not understand the concept of mutually assured destruction, Europe has more than enough nukes to flatten Russia, the moment Russia even thinks about launching a nuke this will happen. If Russia takes out European decision making centres, British subs activate their protocol and destroy Russia. You are insane if you truly believe Russia will destroy itself over a tiny slice of Ukraine.
mutually, adverb: In the same way, each to the other; reciprocally.
Did I fucking stutter? Read what I wrote, not what you want to think I wrote.
Anyway if Trump orders a tactical nuclear strike on Iran, it depends on how the world reacts. And no I don’t think Russia is insane enough to do it. They will however exploit it.
Because yeah, Russia has been very constrained in this war. Obviously they can’t take on all of nato, but they have been practically fighting like a third of Nato because that is what Ukraine is. A nato allied and armed country.
They only bombed fuel stations and warehouses and the harbors in return to Rubio’s escalation tactic. They haven’t responded to the seizing of their tankers. UK wants to escalate this more. And that is the issue: People seem to continue to believe that Russia is just some idiot that only needs to be shown a bit more violence to understand how harmless nato on their border really is, then they’ll capitulate. They won’t.
The “fronts” of this hybrid war are also not just in Ukraine. Beside social media it’s also how the Nato weapons bought from the military industrial complex shipped to Ukraine cost way more than what Russia manufactures in their state owned weapon manufacturers. In a war of attrition, Russia bleeds the west. Now 5% GDP is supposed to go to Nato 3.0 and the entire national weapon industries are supposed to be privatized and split up.
And Russia-hysteria is at an all time high. The news media operates in complete lockstep obscuring the reality of this war. That is another front. Another victory in destroying the neoliberal Europe.
Basically the same thing that Bin Laden wanted to happen to the US after 9/11 could happen to us. The US empire is collapsing and the elites in Europe seem to be hellbent on doubling down and following it into the grave for some reason.
And all that is before actual military retaliation against infrastructure in Europe.
Wow, you flipped from a concern troll to an angry teenager very quickly, it usually takes more than that with your lot. It seems the more precarious Russia’s position gets the touchier you guys get too. I also don’t know why you are talking about stuttering when we are communicating via text, it probably sounded cooler in your head!
If if if, bla bla bla. You are living in dreamland here talking about the most unlikely of scenarios, why waste our time? Even in your dreamland Russia is reactionary and not in control of the narrative.
You are correct when you say Russia has been constrained in their negligible response the Europe spending billions to kill Russian boys on the front lines. Russia has done nothing and will continue to do nothing because Russia is a yappy little dog, all bark and no bite. Russia only knows how to bully countries weaker than theirs but made a mistake in thinking Ukraine was in this category. Russia will continue to do nothing because they have nothing they can do. The only language Russia understands is violence and they are getting it.
You think Russia is bleeding the west? Delusions of grandeur buddy. If you haven’t been paying attention, Putin has loaded the war debt onto Russian banks that are currently creaking. Russian people are withdrawing their savings from banks at increasing rates month on month as fears on a Russian banking collapse intensify. If anyone knows what a banking and state collapse looks like, it is the Russian people. Russia is on the clock here big time.
The only way we see this is when Putin knows all is lost and wants to goad NATO into the fight so he can pretend he lost to NATO instead of the embarrassing reality.
Mock me all you want. I’m not the only one saying this, read this article by a retired UK commodore. The reality that Europe simply cannot afford a war with Russia any longer is going to hit soon.
The crank writing this article should be dismissed as soon as he says,
“Finally, as I explained in January 2025, NATO is a now military shadow of its former self and could not win a conventional war against Russia”
If you read the article all the way to the end it also states that the article was originally drafted in March 2025 but was “thought to be too radical”.
A whole lot has changed since March 2025, the EU has not collapsed as he predicted. Russia’s economy on the other hand is at deaths door, oil refineries and warehouses burn as Russians que for hours at petrol stations.
The writer of the article called for complete, immediate and total capitulation to every Russian demand and questions NATO’s very post cold war existence all while the very country NATO was set up to deter is waging a land war in Europe. This myopic viewpoint is not a serious analysis of geopolitics yet you lap up the drivel because of your own confirmation bias.
That’s the curse of the internet, we can all find articles that support our own views and biases. I hope you are comfortable living in your echo chamber as Russia falls apart because some crackpot dissenter supports what you support.
Every accusation is a projection
Loser talk buddy, absolutely irrelevant to the conversation. Almost as bad as your stutter line…