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Did Russia Hack¹ The NSA? Maybe Not 

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When it came out last month that the world's most elite³ hackers⁴ might themselves have been hacked⁵, many people looked at Russia. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly reports that what really happened might be much more complicated.

MARY LOUISE KELLY, BYLINE⁶: Russia has been taking the blame for hacking⁷ everyone from the Democratic National Committee to Colin Powell to, yes, the National Security Agency. But asked point blank did Russia hack the NSA, former agency number two Chris Inglis says he doubts it.

CHRIS INGLIS: I'd be very surprised if Russia had successfully hacked the NSA. Do they try? Oh, I'll bet they do. But have they succeeded? I don't think so.

KELLY: Pressed on why he thinks this, Inglis picks his words carefully, saying he doubts Russia is capable of breaching⁹ NSA systems in the way we typically think of that happening.

INGLIS: That they cracked a firewall somewhere and they curried¹⁰ into the internals of NSA.

KELLY: You will notice this careful choice of words leaves open the possibility that Russia got in some other way, say with the help - unwitting or not - of an NSA employee. Chris Inglis was the agency's deputy director at the time Edward Snowden copied top-secret files and disclosed them to the world. The prospect¹¹ of another inside job is not lost on Inglis.

INGLIS: In 2016, three years after Edward Snowden, most would hope, hey, I thought you solved that problem. Turns out the problem's not static and stable, right? You can't solve it once and for all.

KELLY: Current NSA officials did not respond to our request for comment. But last month, Admiral Mike Rogers, head of U.S. Cyber Command and director of the National Security Agency, gave an interview to NPR. We asked, could there be another Snowden?

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MIKE ROGERS: Listen, wherever you have a human dimension, you have the potential for that kind of challenge. What I want to make sure is it doesn't happen on that scale and it doesn't happen with any kind of duration.

KELLY: OK, we should make clear - that interview taped before news of the apparent hack broke. It's not clear whether Rogers and others at NSA already knew about the breach⁸ or whether they learned about it when the rest of the world did. Nor is it clear if an NSA employee was involved, whether this was a rogue¹² operator intentionally¹³ revealing classified code or a mistake.

NICK WEAVER¹⁴: The hypothesis I've seen which makes the most sense is that an NSA operator screwed up.

KELLY: Nick Weaver - he's a security researcher at the International Computer Science Institute in Berkeley. Under this scenario¹⁵, Weaver explains, an NSA staffer or contractor¹⁶ uploaded the toolkit they needed for an operation and then, quote, "somebody came along and stole it." As for who came along and stole it...

WEAVER: Could be Russia, could be China. The smart money is on Russia.

KELLY: Which brings us full circle. Of the various explanations that have been floated, cybersecurity experts say Russia may have made the files public, but Russia likely got them from an NSA insider. The leaked files date from 2013. Since then, the NSA has tightened¹⁷ internal security.

The Pentagon's inspector¹⁸ general just wrapped up a review of whether the agency has done enough. The report is classified. All you can see online is the title, which begins, NSA should take additional steps. Mary Louise Kelly, NPR News, Washington.

1 hack   

n.劈，砍，出租马车；v.劈，砍，干咳

参考例句：

• He made a hack at the log.他朝圆木上砍了一下。
• Early settlers had to hack out a clearing in the forest where they could grow crops.早期移民不得不在森林里劈出空地种庄稼。

2 browser   

n.浏览者

参考例句：

• View edits in a web browser.在浏览器中看编辑的效果。
• I think my browser has a list of shareware links.我想在浏览器中会有一系列的共享软件链接。

3 elite   

n.精英阶层；实力集团；adj.杰出的，卓越的

参考例句：

• The power elite inside the government is controlling foreign policy.政府内部的一群握有实权的精英控制着对外政策。
• We have a political elite in this country.我们国家有一群政治精英。

4 hackers   

n.计算机迷( hacker的名词复数 )；私自存取或篡改电脑资料者，电脑“黑客”

参考例句：

• They think of viruses that infect an organization from the outside.They envision hackers breaking into their information vaults. 他们考虑来自外部的感染公司的病毒，他们设想黑客侵入到信息宝库中。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Arranging a meeting with the hackers took weeks againoff-again email exchanges. 通过几星期电子邮件往来安排见面，他们最终同意了。 来自互联网

5 hacked   

生气

参考例句：

• I hacked the dead branches off. 我把枯树枝砍掉了。
• I'm really hacked off. 我真是很恼火。

6 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

7 hacking   

n.非法访问计算机系统和数据库的活动

参考例句：

• The patient with emphysema is hacking all day. 这个肺气肿病人整天不断地干咳。
• We undertook the task of hacking our way through the jungle. 我们负责在丛林中开路。

8 breach   

n.违反，不履行；破裂；vt.冲破，攻破

参考例句：

• We won't have any breach of discipline.我们不允许任何破坏纪律的现象。
• He was sued for breach of contract.他因不履行合同而被起诉。

9 breaching   

攻破( breach的过去式 )； 破坏，违反

参考例句：

• The company was prosecuted for breaching the Health and Safety Act. 这家公司被控违反《卫生安全条例》。
• Third, an agency can abuse its discretion by breaching certain principles of judge-made law. 第三，行政机关会因违反某些法官制定的法律原则而构成滥用自由裁量权。

10 curried   

adj.加了咖喱（或咖喱粉的），用咖哩粉调理的

参考例句：

• She curried favor with the leader by contemptible means. 她用卑鄙的手段博取领导的欢心。 来自互联网
• Fresh ham, curried beef? 鲜火腿？咖喱牛肉？ 来自互联网

11 prospect   

n.前景，前途；景色，视野

参考例句：

• This state of things holds out a cheerful prospect.事态呈现出可喜的前景。
• The prospect became more evident.前景变得更加明朗了。

12 rogue   

n.流氓；v.游手好闲

参考例句：

• The little rogue had his grandpa's glasses on.这淘气鬼带上了他祖父的眼镜。
• They defined him as a rogue.他们确定他为骗子。

13 intentionally   

ad.故意地，有意地

参考例句：

• I didn't say it intentionally. 我是无心说的。
• The local authority ruled that he had made himself intentionally homeless and was therefore not entitled to be rehoused. 当地政府裁定他是有意居无定所，因此没有资格再获得提供住房。

14 weaver   

n.织布工；编织者

参考例句：

• She was a fast weaver and the cloth was very good.她织布织得很快，而且布的质量很好。
• The eager weaver did not notice my confusion.热心的纺织工人没有注意到我的狼狈相。

15 scenario   

n.剧本，脚本；概要

参考例句：

• But the birth scenario is not completely accurate.然而分娩脚本并非完全准确的。
• This is a totally different scenario.这是完全不同的剧本。

16 contractor   

n.订约人，承包人，收缩肌

参考例句：

• The Tokyo contractor was asked to kick $ 6000 back as commission.那个东京的承包商被要求退还6000美元作为佣金。
• The style of house the contractor builds depends partly on the lay of the land.承包商所建房屋的式样，有几分要看地势而定。

17 tightened   

收紧( tighten的过去式和过去分词 )； （使）变紧； （使）绷紧； 加紧

参考例句：

• The rope holding the boat suddenly tightened and broke. 系船的绳子突然绷断了。
• His index finger tightened on the trigger but then relaxed again. 他的食指扣住扳机，然后又松开了。

18 inspector   

n.检查员，监察员，视察员

参考例句：

• The inspector was interested in everything pertaining to the school.视察员对有关学校的一切都感兴趣。
• The inspector was shining a flashlight onto the tickets.查票员打着手电筒查看车票。