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>HANNITY: Can you say to the American people unequivocally that you did not get this information about the DNC, John Podesta's emails -- can you tell the Americ

>HANNITY: Can you say to the American people unequivocally that you did not get this information about the DNC, John Podesta's emails -- can you tell the American people 1,000 percent you did not get it from Russia... >ASSANGE: Yes. >HANNITY: ... or anybody associated with Russia? >ASSANGE: We -- we can say and we have said repeatedly... >HANNITY: Right. >ASSANGE: ... over the last two months, that our source is not the Russian government and it is not a state party. He's basically saying that Vlad didn't call him up one day and say "Russia wants to give you some files." No shit. ----- > Researchers from the Atlanta-based cybersecurity firm Dell SecureWorks reported that the emails had been obtained through a data theft carried out by the hacker group Fancy Bear, a group of Russian intelligence-linked hackers that were also responsible for cyberattacks that targeted the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), resulting in WikiLeaks publishing emails from those hacks. > On December 9, 2016, the CIA told U.S. legislators the U.S. Intelligence Community concluded that the Russian government was behind the hack and gave to WikiLeaks a collection of hacked emails from John Podesta https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podesta_emails#Data_theft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podesta_emails#Data_theft > "The committee found no reason to dispute the intelligence community’s conclusions," Sen. Richard Burr, the Republican chairman of the panel, said. https://www.wsj.com/articles/senate-report-affirms-u-s-intelligence-findings-on-2016-russian-interference-11587483408 https://www.wsj.com/articles/senate-report-affirms-u-s-intel... > Following a comprehensive investigation that CrowdStrike detailed publicly, the company concluded in May 2016 that two separate Russian intelligence-affiliated adversaries breached the DNC network. https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/bears-midst-intrusion-democratic-national-committee/ https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/bears-midst-intrusion-democ... > We assess Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign in 2016 aimed at the US presidential election. Russia’s goals were to undermine public faith in the US democratic process, denigrate Secretary Clinton, and harm her electability and potential presidency. We further assess Putin and the Russian Government developed a clear preference for President-elect Trump. We have high confidence in these judgments. https://www.dni.gov/files/documents/ICA_2017_01.pdf https://www.dni.gov/files/documents/ICA_2017_01.pdf etc, etc, etc. I thought this was pretty well accepted at this point.

seebetter 6y ago
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/01/the-download-on-the-dnc-hack/ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/01/the-download-on-the-dnc-... He won't elaborate on the DNC hack because he says he has no original reporting. Does that mean no one on the forums or in the subculture talks about it? He said: "Based on what I’ve learned over the past decade studying Russian language, culture and hacking communities, my sense is that if the Russians were responsible and wanted to hide that fact — they’d have left a trail leading back to some other country’s door." And note, the founders of phishing in the early 90s were mostly teenage kids, maybe 14-16. It doesn't take a state actor to 'spear phish'.
- refurb 6y ago
  This seems reasonable to me. The hack could have been done by “Russians” but not state sponsored. Or at least the Russian state wasn’t involved from the start.
macinjosh 6y ago
Oh, the CIA, you say? Yeah, let's believe what the CIA says. They can definitely be trusted at their word and they never have done anything questionable. /s
- alchemism 6y ago
  I gave a cigarette to the kid from CrowdStrike outside an airport on the way to a Con. He worked directly on the breached computers at the DNC. I would not consider him CIA material, let's say. :)
  - jessaustin 6y ago
    Was he FBI material? Private investigator material? Don't be coy about his level!
- pm90 6y ago
  The CIA cannot lie to US legislators without committing a federal crime. They can choose not to disclose information to the public and “neither confirm nor deny” but they can’t knowingly tell a lie.

seebetter 6y ago

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/01/the-download-on-the-dnc-hack/ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/01/the-download-on-the-dnc-... He won't elaborate on the DNC hack because he says he has no original reporting. Does that mean no one on the forums or in the subculture talks about it? He said: "Based on what I’ve learned over the past decade studying Russian language, culture and hacking communities, my sense is that if the Russians were responsible and wanted to hide that fact — they’d have left a trail leading back to some other country’s door." And note, the founders of phishing in the early 90s were mostly teenage kids, maybe 14-16. It doesn't take a state actor to 'spear phish'.

refurb 6y ago
This seems reasonable to me. The hack could have been done by “Russians” but not state sponsored. Or at least the Russian state wasn’t involved from the start.

macinjosh 6y ago

Oh, the CIA, you say? Yeah, let's believe what the CIA says. They can definitely be trusted at their word and they never have done anything questionable. /s

alchemism 6y ago
I gave a cigarette to the kid from CrowdStrike outside an airport on the way to a Con. He worked directly on the breached computers at the DNC. I would not consider him CIA material, let's say. :)
- jessaustin 6y ago
  Was he FBI material? Private investigator material? Don't be coy about his level!
pm90 6y ago
The CIA cannot lie to US legislators without committing a federal crime. They can choose not to disclose information to the public and “neither confirm nor deny” but they can’t knowingly tell a lie.