I believe the intent of Assange's statement that a 14-year-old could have made this hack, as well as Trump's tweeting of the statement, was to emphasize the non

I believe the intent of Assange's statement that a 14-year-old could have made this hack, as well as Trump's tweeting of the statement, was to emphasize the non-sophistication of the attack (commonplace phishing), contrary to the idea we've been hearing from officials about how only a state actor could pull off such a thing.