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I can easily imagine that state hackers in Russia would want to penetrate the DNC. It's full of great political information on one of their rivals. Releasing i

I can easily imagine that state hackers in Russia would want to penetrate the DNC. It's full of great political information on one of their rivals. Releasing it? I'm not sure if that is traditional spy craft. Julian Assange has hinted that the WikiLeaks dump was originally sourced from an insider. It's not impossible that BOTH narratives are true. Conspiracy theories: I'm not entirely convinced that it was Russia. They point to an IP address that is a proxy server in Russia. If it was Russia, wouldn't they put the proxy server in another jurisdiction to throw people off the trail?

krapp 10y ago
> If it was Russia, wouldn't they put the proxy server in another jurisdiction to throw people off the trail? Maybe. Or maybe they don't care, because they expect a Trump administration would be lenient on them for some reason.
wallace_f 10y ago
What other evidence was there besides the IP address of the proxy in Russia? The NYTimes articles provides sources but no actual evidence in their articule.
planck01 10y ago
> Releasing it? Why not. Governments hack each other to get an edge. Sometimes to just know what is going on, sometimes for silent diplomatic 'cheating'. And if they think they would benefit, I am quite sure its not above Putin to release it for propaganda reasons.