Nobel Hacking Likely Leaked Peace Prize Winner Name, Probe Finds
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- News link: https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/01/30/1750253/nobel-hacking-likely-leaked-peace-prize-winner-name-probe-finds
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> A hacking of the Nobel organization's computer systems is the most likely cause of last year's leak of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado's name, according to [1]the results of an investigation
[2]non-paywalled source
. An individual or a state actor may have illegally gained access in a cyber breach, the Norwegian Nobel Institute said on Friday after concluding an internal investigation assisted by security authorities.>
> The leak had triggered an unusual betting surge on Machado at the Polymarket platform hours before she was unveiled as the award recipient in October. The Venezuelan opposition leader hadn't previously been considered a favorite for the 2025 prize.
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> "We still think that the digital domain is the main suspect," said Kristian Berg Harpviken, director of the Oslo-based institute, an administrative arm of the Nobel Committee that awards the prize. The institute has decided against filing for a police investigation given "the absence of a clear theory," he said in an interview in Oslo.
[1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-30/nobel-hacking-likely-leaked-peace-prize-winner-name-probe-finds
[2] https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/nobel-committee-says-peace-prize-130805854.html
...and the US sank deeper into depression. (Score:1)
Now I'm picturing Trump changing the name of the winner remotely while horrified Nobel administrators look on helplessly, a la Ferris Bueller
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The mods do not look kindly upon your disrespect.
Machado supports genocide and war (Score:2, Interesting)
> This is by no means the first time that the Norwegian Nobel Committee has been hypocritical. But giving the prize to María Corina Machado is especially outrageous, because it comes precisely at a moment when, one, she has been supporting Israel’s genocide in Gaza; and two, she is working with Donald Trump to wage war and use violence to try to overthrow Venezuela’s government.
[1]https://geopoliticaleconomy.co... [geopoliticaleconomy.com]
Machado was a favor from Norway to Trump and what did they get for this favor? Tr
[1] https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/10/13/maria-corina-machado-israel-genocide-trump-war-venezuela/
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the nobel peace prize has always been a cynical farce. christian brandt made it quite clear in 1935 already when he officially and in all sarcastic seriousness nominated hitler in response to the swedes nominating chamberlain.
Re:Machado supports genocide and war (Score:4, Interesting)
This best analogy for this administration is a toddler has a handgun and you're trying to talk them out of it.
Polymarket recon (Score:2)
This is how to win.
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A Trump Schwag Bag (tm) is the hottest new toy for the budding sycophant.
Re:Trump cares (Score:5, Interesting)
Masked men kidnapping 5 year olds and murdering citizens is still cool, right?
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Bruh, as long as they're not white, or liberal, or the right kind of Christian, then yeah, fuck them. Fuck that five year old. Empathy is for cucks. Jesus doesn't want toxic empathy.
Re:Trump cares (Score:4, Informative)
He's just bombing more countries than any other president.
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> He's just bombing more countries than any other president.
Obama bombed more countries than any president since Truman.
And he got a Nobel Peace Prize on his 2nd day in office for being Not-Bush.
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All true, and that tells you what a piece of shit Bush was. As bad as Trump is, I think Bush was worse.
Re:Trump cares (Score:4, Informative)
In just the first year of [Trump's] second term, the U.S. conducted 573 air and drone strikes abroad - more than the 494 carried out during Joe Biden's entire four-year presidency.
[1]https://www.statista.com/chart... [statista.com]
[1] https://www.statista.com/chart/35728/comparison-of-us-foreign-military-strikes-under-biden-and-trump/
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A dumb motherfucker, you are. At this point, we own everything going wrong in Venezuela. We are about to attack Iran again. Also, last I checked, Obama didn't start a major war, and neither did Biden. In fact, Biden was the one to get the US out of Afghanistan. Your anonycuck stupidity knows no bounds.
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> Since Trump has "done more for NATO than any person since its founding" then "NATO should do something for the United States".
>> Honoring the only invocation of article 5 wasn't enough to even be remembered apparently. So I guess expell them?