FBI Suspects Russia Hacked DNC; U.S. Officials Say It Was to Elect Donald Trump

[emperus]

This is stunning.

The FBI suspects that Russian government hackers breached the networks of the Democratic National Committee and stole emails that were posted to the anti-secrecy site WikiLeaks on Friday. It’s an operation that several U.S. officials now suspect was a deliberate attempt to influence the presidential election in favor of Donald Trump, according to five individuals familiar with the investigation of the breach

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articl...ficials-say-it-was-to-elect-donald-trump.html

 

[linthat22]

Calling this as b.s. to shift away any negative publicity against the DNC.

 

[theeedude]

Officials also noted Trump’s own connections to the Russian government. Putin has publicly praised the nominee, who said he was “honored” by the compliment. Trump’s campaign manager, Paul Manafort, was a consultant for Viktor Yanukovych, the former president of Ukraine who was ousted for his pro-Moscow orientation (and now lives in Russia). One of Trump’s top national security advisers, retired Army Gen. Michael Flynn, sat with Putin at a dinner celebrating the 10th anniversary of Kremlin-backed media network RT and was paid to give a speech at the event; Flynn later retweeted an anti-Semitic message that called into question any Kremlin-Trump link. Another Trump adviser, Carter Page, recently denounced America’s “often-hypocritical focus on democratization” while in Moscow. And last week, Trump said that he might not come to the aid of U.S. NATO allies in the face of Russian aggression unless they paid what he thinks they owe for Europe’s common defense.

Donald J Trumpikovich.

 

[chucky2]

LOL, Billary is such a bad candidate they need to create a "Don't vote for Trump, big bad Russia is helping him to get elected! #imwithHer!"

I wonder what kind of deals are being cut with Team Bummer/Team Billary and the FBI establishment for this lulz...

 

[Jaskalas]

Russians? Maybe Hillary Clinton needs a second reset button, as it appears one of her fist tasks as Secretary of State was a failure.

 

[pcgeek11]

Wow. The DNC and Obama's lapdogs ( FBI, Dept of Justice etc... ) will come up with wild excuses to gloss this over.

What a load of BS.

 

[Knowing]

The DNC which is not an arm of the USGOV and isn't even compliant with it's own rules has shit opsec and got hacked making the aforementioned topics common knowledge.

Now, that organization expects me to drum up some outrage at the people they are assigning blame to (with no investigation) in order to make political hay against their opponents while they suffer the fallout of their own bad acts.

The audacity of these folks.

 

[echo4747]

This is stunning.

What difference does it make (at this point)?

 

[Fanatical Meat]

Honestly the content of the emails appears inappropriate but not scandalous. I am concerned that more people don't see this as an attempt Russia is making to influence a US election.

 

[fskimospy]

Honestly the content of the emails appears inappropriate but not scandalous. I am concerned that more people don't see this as an attempt Russia is making to influence a US election.

What's interesting is that conservatives are so far gone that they think this finding means nefarious action by OUR government, not Russia's.

Think how insane that is for a second, haha. They believe Putin before Obama. That's what partisan derangement does to some people's minds.

 

[spacejamz]

Honestly the content of the emails appears inappropriate but not scandalous. I am concerned that more people don't see this as an attempt Russia is making to influence a US election.

If it isn't that scandalous, then why should it make a difference to the american public? it was okay for wikileaks to reveal other secrets but just not the DNC emails?

maybe if the DNC didn't have emails worth hacking/releasing, it wouldn't be be an issue but you apologists don't see it that way....

 

[ivwshane]

If it isn't that scandalous, then why should it make a difference to the american public? it was okay for wikileaks to reveal other secrets but just not the DNC emails?

maybe if the DNC didn't have emails worth hacking/releasing, it wouldn't be be an issue but you apologists don't see it that way....

It doesn't make a difference. The only people making a big deal out of it are partisan hacks who are concerned trolling.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

If it isn't that scandalous, then why should it make a difference to the american public? it was okay for wikileaks to reveal other secrets but just not the DNC emails?

maybe if the DNC didn't have emails worth hacking/releasing, it wouldn't be be an issue but you apologists don't see it that way....

Point is taken but to me its about a foreign government that isn't particularly friendly and is know for extensive use of propaganda trying to influence an election. Where as a typical Edward Snowden type guy is just a guy.

 

[michal1980]

What's interesting is that conservatives are so far gone that they think this finding means nefarious action by OUR government, not Russia's.

Think how insane that is for a second, haha. They believe Putin before Obama. That's what partisan derangement does to some people's minds.

Fuckimospy once again going on attack with zero proof of evidence.

Any proof Russia is behind this?

Or are you now saying thedeailybeast is a reliable source?


Your just the smuggest political hack here. Because you actually don't think your a hack.

 

[Knowing]

It doesn't make a difference. The only people making a big deal out of it are partisan hacks who are concerned trolling.

You should go read some comments on reddit, or DWS's Facebook. Actually, I'm gonna head over to DU and see what they think.

 

[ivwshane]

You should go read some comments on reddit, or DWS's Facebook. Actually, I'm gonna head over to DU and see what they think.

Lol! Yeah that's a good representation of American voters! Reddit and a politicians Facebook page!

 

[Knowing]

Lol! Yeah that's a good representation of American voters! Reddit and a politicians Facebook page!

I was looking for a cross section of left leaning people. I suppose it's possible that literally every single person talking about this is a Republican concern trolling. I don't think that's plausible though.

The vast right wing conspiracy to make people who made themselves look bad look bad requires no evidence.

 

[Paratus]

Fuckimospy once again going on attack with zero proof of evidence.

Any proof Russia is behind this?

Or are you now saying thedeailybeast is a reliable source?


Your just the smuggest political hack here. Because you actually don't think your a hack.

They were saying it was the Russians a before the emails were even released...

NY Times.
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/07/25/us/politics/donald-trump-russia-emails.html?_r=0&referer=https://www.google.com/

Proving the source of a cyberattack is notoriously difficult. But researchers have concluded that the national committee was breached by two Russian intelligence agencies, which were the same attackers behind previous Russian cyberoperations at the White House, the State Department and the Joint Chiefs of Staff last year. And metadata from the released emails suggests that the documents passed through Russian computers. Though a hacker claimed responsibility for giving the emails to WikiLeaks, the same agencies are the prime suspects. Whether the thefts were ordered by Mr. Putin, or just carried out by apparatchiks who thought they might please him, is anyone’s guess.

Slate:
http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2016/07/25/evidence_is_mounting_that_russia_was_behind_the_dnc_leaks.html

The DNC announced in June that it had been hacked and was working with the well-known security firm CrowdStrike to investigate the breach. CrowdStrike said from the beginning that it had discovered two hacking groups lurking on the DNC’s networks—one that had been there for more than a year and one that had cropped up recently. Though it is difficult to definitively determine the source of sophisticated cyberattacks, the firm said it had strong forensic evidence that both hacking groups were tied to the Russian government, and it published its findings in a June report. CrowdStrike concluded that one network intruder was linked to Russia’s Federal Security Service and the other to the GRU military intelligence group...

...Multiple prominent CrowdStrike competitors, including Mandiant and Fidelis Cybersecurity, independently confirmed CrowdStrike’s findings. One firm, ThreatConnect, laid out the evidence on both sides and put extensive energy into attempting to prove that Guccifer 2.0 is a real hacker. The firm concluded, though, that the the evidence is sketchy:...

 

[Fanatical Meat]

Fuckimospy once again going on attack with zero proof of evidence.

Any proof Russia is behind this?

Or are you now saying thedeailybeast is a reliable source?


Your just the smuggest political hack here. Because you actually don't think your a hack.

From the earlier news I saw. The process and what appears to be the "hacking tools" used are known to be from Russian Intelligence, I believe some files that were left behind are also commonly used by Russian Intelligence.
I know little of hacking tools I'm just reporting what I heard on the broadcast news.
In summary is it 100% definite it was Russia, no but it looks very likely right now.

 

[JSt0rm]

pretty good move by Putin. He likes trump saying we wont give military aid anymore.

 

[Kwatt]

Why do they even secure the emails?

Why not make all of the emails public?

Unless they have something to hide.

.

 

[Jhhnn]

They were saying it was the Russians a before the emails were even released...

NY Times.
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/07/25/us/politics/donald-trump-russia-emails.html?_r=0&referer=https://www.google.com/


Slate:
http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2016/07/25/evidence_is_mounting_that_russia_was_behind_the_dnc_leaks.html

Seems likely. It's not like these cybersecurity firms are under govt control. I can't figure out why they might lie other than really really yuuuge conspiracy. Really yuuuge.

Timing of the release is clearly intended to embarrass Dems during the election season. If that wasn't what Assange wanted he'd have waited until after the election.

 

[LegendKiller]

pretty good move by Putin. He likes trump saying we wont give military aid anymore.

He never said that. He said that if they aren't going to abide by their treaty, why should we?

I thought Dems were tired of being the world's policeman.

 

[norseamd]

Calling this as b.s. to shift away any negative publicity against the DNC.

No, it is not.

 

[michal1980]

From the earlier news I saw. The process and what appears to be the "hacking tools" used are known to be from Russian Intelligence, I believe some files that were left behind are also commonly used by Russian Intelligence.
I know little of hacking tools I'm just reporting what I heard on the broadcast news.
In summary is it 100% definite it was Russia, no but it looks very likely right now.

1) Russians' wouldn't be that sloppy.

2) how convenient for the dems that the companies they keep quoting support the DNC Russian conspiracy. Other similar firms say it wasn't the Ruissan.

2a) LMSM - it was the Russians. the just have to carry water for the DNC and Hilary.