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True. But the absence of sophistication constitutes evidence neither in favor nor against the "State Actor" hypothesis.
by avn2109 10y ago
True. But the absence of sophistication constitutes evidence neither in favor nor against the "State Actor" hypothesis.
- billions 10y agoUntil a Russian name or IP address is provided, the accusations fail to hold water. An incomplete proof is equivalent to "'cause we said so"
- empath75 10y agoSpoofing ips is absurdly easy.
- cmdrfred 10y agoI agree that IP addresses aren't good evidence but it isn't really possible to spoof TCP in practice. http://security.stackexchange.com/questions/55279/how-easy-is-it-really-to-do-ip-spoofing http://security.stackexchange.com/questions/55279/how-easy-i...
- stordoff 10y agoIf you are targeting a US political entity, using a staging server in Russia probably isn't the worst idea, so unless the IP address directly ties to the Russian government/intelligence services, it's still only weak evidence of Russia's involvement.
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