There are numerous reasons. - The simplest but least likely is money. Reselling some portions of the data or even running it as a "Go Fish" service is immensel

There are numerous reasons. - The simplest but least likely is money. Reselling some portions of the data or even running it as a "Go Fish" service is immensely valuable. - The more likely scenario is an enemy of my enemy situation where the value of screwing up US operations is useful to a) show you have the power or b) build a more amicable relationship with Russia. But realistically, all of that was probably unnecessary. Google Robin Sage and check out how much sensitive information people share entirely by accident OR that is not sensitive by itself but when combined with other aspects can become weaponized. That's why whenever anyone says "none of this data was classified!" it's an almost meaningless statement. None of us understand what missing puzzle piece will put it all together. * Both my wife and I were included in the breach. When the new broke, I wrote it up here: https://caseysoftware.com/blog/why-this-security-breach-is-worse-than-all-the-others-combined https://caseysoftware.com/blog/why-this-security-breach-is-w...