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2016-10-13 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

How the Kremlin Hacked Its Way Into a Crisis

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Posted by Pappy 2016-10-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Diversionary invention

Posted by Skidmark 2016-10-13 09:11|| 2016-10-13 09:11|| Front Page Top

#2 A naive question, but did somebody actually provide any evidence that it's Russians?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-10-13 11:30|| 2016-10-13 11:30|| Front Page Top

#3 My question, too. Not to imply the U.S. Intelligence Community (USIC) is the bagful of crap weasels they are, but this has all the makings of an engineered media controversy.

This also raises the question: Why don't you morons secure your servers? If you leave the front door open, don't be surprised when a raccoon walks in.

Posted by SteveS 2016-10-13 11:50|| 2016-10-13 11:50|| Front Page Top

#4 Why don't you morons secure your servers?

These people can't manage an email server but they want to run the country. If NBC only knew...

Posted by Abu Uluque 2016-10-13 12:15|| 2016-10-13 12:15|| Front Page Top

#5 If NBC only cared.

Posted by Bobby 2016-10-13 13:41|| 2016-10-13 13:41|| Front Page Top

#6 A naive question, but did somebody actually provide any evidence that it's Russians?

I'm skeptical. A lot of leaks came out before the end of the democrat primary; my first thought was pissed Bernie supporters, then deflect and say it was Those Russians! because an inside job would be embarrassing.

Now, if something like that was the case and I were Russia being thrown under the bus, I could see why then they would get active.

As for the Hillary server, I would guess, who didn't hack it?

Posted by swksvolFF 2016-10-13 16:23|| 2016-10-13 16:23|| Front Page Top

#7 Russians are the perfect choice because everyone is still fine-tuned from the cold war to not question them as villains.

I do suspect Russia is ramping up military tensions with the election in mind though.

Posted by rjschwarz 2016-10-13 16:45|| 2016-10-13 16:45|| Front Page Top

#8 The Russian education system is very good at technical subjects and they have always produced good engineers. It's no surprise they have some of the best hackers.

My guess is that the Russian authorities got involved after the hacks occurred when the hackers were shopping around for a buyer for the material.

Posted by phil_b 2016-10-13 19:30|| 2016-10-13 19:30|| Front Page Top

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