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The more compelling case for me was William Binney's point (former Technical Director of NSA) that the timestamps in the Gucifer leak showed that the data was t
by cronix 5y ago
The more compelling case for me was William Binney's point (former Technical Director of NSA) that the timestamps in the Gucifer leak showed that the data was transferred at about the same rate as a usb stick, which was quite a bit faster than the physical connection the email server had (at that time). Basically concluding it was locally copied rather than hacked due to physically being impossible to transfer over the internet connection the server was physically connected to at that time at that speed shown in the timestamps.
- emodendroket 5y agoYes, I agree. But the question has become too political for dispassionate consideration, I guess.
- jonas21 5y agoJust to make sure I understand correctly... the most compelling piece of evidence for you is the timestamps on the files? Something that's not only trivial to fake, but also would have been overwritten if the files were copied between systems between being stolen and being leaked.
- cronix 5y agomore compelling != most compelling
- jasonlotito 5y agoContext matters. If there are two cases, and one is more compelling than the other, then that one is also most compelling.
- emodendroket 5y agoI would say that attribution is just extremely difficult to do at all, but there's not much money in giving that answer to your clients.
- fumer 5y ago> Just to make sure I understand correctly... the most compelling piece of evidence for you is the timestamps on the files? If I understood it correctly, the most compelling evidence was the real data transfer rate of those emails, deduced from the file timestamps, which ruled out their provenance from the server. > Something that's not only trivial to fake (...) Well, in this case that would go against the original accusation, therefore it would either be pointless or the explanation would require a conspiracy with double agents planting fake compromising evidence.
- mc32 5y agoUnfortunately looking in, politics blur things and we’re likely never to know. Political tendencies will allow people to make attributions they agree with and then simultaneously question attributions they disagree with politically. USB sticks seem to be weird about transfer speeds and they look like they are size dependent. Bunch of small files take longer than one monolithic large file given a total size.
- the_why_of_y 5y ago> which was quite a bit faster than the physical connection the email server had (at that time) What was the connection speed? I've never seen it stated anywhere, and in case the server was hosted in a data center the argument would collapse fairly quickly.