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>"Russia, a state-actor, coordinated an cyber-attack on an American political party." Is there any evidence that the hacks came from Russia? From what I've se
by ZenoArrow 10y ago
>"Russia, a state-actor, coordinated an cyber-attack on an American political party."
Is there any evidence that the hacks came from Russia?
From what I've seen, the Russians have just been the scapegoats. Just because something is repeated a lot on the news, doesn't make it true. If there's evidence the hacks were orchestrated by the Russian government (or even involved Russia at all), let's see the evidence. Without the evidence, the claims are baseless.
- etchalon 10y agoBoth the FBI and CIA have publicly stated they believe the hacks came from Russia. Whether they'll release their evidence publicly remains to be seen, however, even GOP senators acknowledge it was likely Russia. We can assume they were briefed.
- ZenoArrow 10y ago>"Both the FBI and CIA have publicly stated they believe the hacks came from Russia." Let's imagine you're the President and you discover the leaks came from US citizens with ties to the DNC (e.g. DNC employees with access to emails). Would you have anything to gain from pointing the finger at foreign political actors interfering in US politics?
- etchalon 10y agoImagining motives and then working backwards is, in general, a terrible way to parse the world.
- lotsoflumens 10y agoTerrible or not, it's the correct way.
- etchalon 10y agoIt's literally the complete wrong way. You're inventing potential motivations, convincing yourself those are the motivations of the people involved, and then likely searching for evidence that proves your speculation correct.
- ZenoArrow 10y agoIt's not completely baseless, a former British ambassador that supposedly has close ties to WikiLeaks has suggested the information they leaked came from a DNC insider: https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2016/10/really-really-upset-foreign-office-security-services/ https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2016/10/really-reall... With that out of the way, let's return to the earlier question, in the situation I described previously, what would be gained by blaming a foreign group for the leaks?
- ZenoArrow 10y agoHow do you think journalism or police investigations would work without such approaches?