How Putin Weaponized Wikileaks to Influence the Election of an American President

[Disir]

I don't expect Hillary-haters to denounce Putin, being they're on the same team.

Disgraceful, how they're working to put Putin's patsy in office.

Oh, gee, there are those critical thinking skills on display.

 

[Grizz]

Evidence suggests that a Russian intelligence group was the source of the most recent Wikileaks intel dump, which was aimed to influence the U.S. election.

Close your eyes and imagine that a hacking group backed by Russian President Vladimir Putin broke into the email system of a major U.S. political party. The group stole thousands of sensitive messages and then published them through an obliging third party in a way that was strategically timed to influence the United States presidential election. Now open your eyes, because that’s what just happened.

On Friday, Wikileaks published 20,000 emails stolen from the Democratic National Committee. They reveal, among other things,thuggish infighting, a push by a top DNC official to use Bernie Sanders’ religious convictions against him in the South, and attempts to strong-arm media outlets. In other words, they reveal the Washington campaign monster for what it is.

But leave aside the purported content of the Wikileaks data dump (to which numerous other outlets have devoted considerable attention) and consider the source. Considerable evidence shows that the Wikileaks dump was an orchestrated act by the Russian government, working through proxies, to undermine Hillary Clinton’s Presidential campaign.

“This has all the hallmarks of tradecraft. The only rationale to release such data from the Russian bulletproof host was to empower one candidate against another. The Cold War is alive and well,” Tom Kellermann, the CEO of Strategic Cyber Ventures told Defense One.

Here’s the timeline: On June 14, cybersecurity company CrowdStrike, under contract with the DNC, announced in a blog post that two separate Russian intelligence groups had gained access to the DNC network. One group, FANCY BEAR or APT 28, gained access in April. The other, COZY BEAR, (also called Cozy Duke andAPT 29) first breached the network in the summer of 2015.

Cybersecurity company FireEye first discovered APT 29 in 2014 and was quick to point out a clear Kremlin connection. “We suspect the Russian government sponsors the group because of the organizations it targets and the data it steals. Additionally, APT 29 appeared to cease operations on Russian holidays, and their work hours seem to align with the UTC +3 time zone, which contains cities such as Moscow and St. Petersburg,” they wrote in their report on the group. Other U.S. officials have said that the group looks like it has sponsorship from the Russian government due in large part to the level of sophistication behind the group’s attacks.

It’s the same group that hit the State Department, the White House, and the civilian email of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.The group’s modus operandi (a spearphishing attack that uploads adistinctive remote access tool on the target’s computer) is well known to cyber-security researchers.

In his blog post on the DNC breaches CrowdStrike’s CTO Dmitri Alperovitchwrote “We’ve had lots of experience with both of these actors attempting to target our customers in the past and know them well. In fact, our team considers them some of the best adversaries out of all the numerous nation-state, criminal and hacktivist/terrorist groups we encounter on a daily basis. Their tradecraft is superb, operational security second to none and the extensive usage of ‘living-off-the-land’ techniques enables them to easily bypass many security solutions they encounter.”

The next day, an individual calling himself Guccifer 2.0 claimed to be the culprit behind the breach and released key documents to back up the claim, writing: “Shame on CrowdStrike.”

More: How Putin Weaponized Wikileaks to Influence the Election of an American President

One would hope that most Americans would be smart enough not to take Putin's bait. We'll see...

Lakhota has never recovered recovered from Sitting Bulls Defeat.

 

[Disir]

You will fall on this lie.

 

[Lakhota]

I don't expect Hillary-haters to denounce Putin, being they're on the same team.

Disgraceful, how they're working to put Putin's patsy in office.

Amen! I totally agree! The DNC emails were private. Putin and Snowden had no right to expose them. It was like sneaking into someone's private diary. Hacking State Department was different. Most governments hack each other.

 

[Grizz]

Even Donald Trump should denounce such Russian tactics. However, that is unlikely - since he never said anything about his adviser saying Hillary should be shot by firing squad.

Why do you hate the truth "kemosabe"?
Are you truly that dispicable of a human being"

Truth is fine - but sometimes one must also consider the motives of the source.

The motives of the source do not affect the truth of the emails.

Just think about the times that the truth has been told about you for questionable reasons...and vice versa...

The truth is the truth regardless of the motives, I don't understand why that is so hard for you to grasp.

 

[yiostheoy]

Evidence suggests that a Russian intelligence group was the source of the most recent Wikileaks intel dump, which was aimed to influence the U.S. election.

Close your eyes and imagine that a hacking group backed by Russian President Vladimir Putin broke into the email system of a major U.S. political party. The group stole thousands of sensitive messages and then published them through an obliging third party in a way that was strategically timed to influence the United States presidential election. Now open your eyes, because that’s what just happened.

On Friday, Wikileaks published 20,000 emails stolen from the Democratic National Committee. They reveal, among other things,thuggish infighting, a push by a top DNC official to use Bernie Sanders’ religious convictions against him in the South, and attempts to strong-arm media outlets. In other words, they reveal the Washington campaign monster for what it is.

But leave aside the purported content of the Wikileaks data dump (to which numerous other outlets have devoted considerable attention) and consider the source. Considerable evidence shows that the Wikileaks dump was an orchestrated act by the Russian government, working through proxies, to undermine Hillary Clinton’s Presidential campaign.

“This has all the hallmarks of tradecraft. The only rationale to release such data from the Russian bulletproof host was to empower one candidate against another. The Cold War is alive and well,” Tom Kellermann, the CEO of Strategic Cyber Ventures told Defense One.

Here’s the timeline: On June 14, cybersecurity company CrowdStrike, under contract with the DNC, announced in a blog post that two separate Russian intelligence groups had gained access to the DNC network. One group, FANCY BEAR or APT 28, gained access in April. The other, COZY BEAR, (also called Cozy Duke andAPT 29) first breached the network in the summer of 2015.

Cybersecurity company FireEye first discovered APT 29 in 2014 and was quick to point out a clear Kremlin connection. “We suspect the Russian government sponsors the group because of the organizations it targets and the data it steals. Additionally, APT 29 appeared to cease operations on Russian holidays, and their work hours seem to align with the UTC +3 time zone, which contains cities such as Moscow and St. Petersburg,” they wrote in their report on the group. Other U.S. officials have said that the group looks like it has sponsorship from the Russian government due in large part to the level of sophistication behind the group’s attacks.

It’s the same group that hit the State Department, the White House, and the civilian email of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.The group’s modus operandi (a spearphishing attack that uploads adistinctive remote access tool on the target’s computer) is well known to cyber-security researchers.

In his blog post on the DNC breaches CrowdStrike’s CTO Dmitri Alperovitchwrote “We’ve had lots of experience with both of these actors attempting to target our customers in the past and know them well. In fact, our team considers them some of the best adversaries out of all the numerous nation-state, criminal and hacktivist/terrorist groups we encounter on a daily basis. Their tradecraft is superb, operational security second to none and the extensive usage of ‘living-off-the-land’ techniques enables them to easily bypass many security solutions they encounter.”

The next day, an individual calling himself Guccifer 2.0 claimed to be the culprit behind the breach and released key documents to back up the claim, writing: “Shame on CrowdStrike.”

More: How Putin Weaponized Wikileaks to Influence the Election of an American President

One would hope that most Americans would be smart enough not to take Putin's bait. We'll see...

Putin is just helping us see what is really happening.

Even though Wasserman is now out, I don't see it as a major distraction from Hillary.

Bernie already conceded.

The race is now between Hillary and Trump.

That should be an easy win for Hillary.

It looks like Wasserman screwed her fellow Jew in favor of Protestant female Hillary.

So even Jewish babes are a part of the Madeline Albright conspiracy. That's funny!

Wasserman is finished in politics however. So I hope her meddling was worth it to her.

As for Putin, let's hear what else he knows about us that we don't know yet.

 

[Disir]

Just how long did you guys think you were going to be able to get away with being complete douchebags?

 

[Ridgerunner]

AAhhhh princess has someone peeked in your diary?

 

[Grizz]

Even Donald Trump should denounce such Russian tactics. However, that is unlikely - since he never said anything about his adviser saying Hillary should be shot by firing squad.

Why do you hate the truth "kemosabe"?
Are you truly that dispicable of a human being"

Truth is fine - but sometimes one must also consider the motives of the source.

So in your "learned opinion" had Reagan's emails showed that he had sold military secrets to Russia it would be bogus because somebody hacked them?
Do you have any idea how sick that is?

 

[Lakhota]

Even Donald Trump should denounce such Russian tactics. However, that is unlikely - since he never said anything about his adviser saying Hillary should be shot by firing squad.

Why do you hate the truth "kemosabe"?
Are you truly that dispicable of a human being"

Truth is fine - but sometimes one must also consider the motives of the source.

So in your "learned opinion" had Reagan's emails showed that he had sold military secrets to Russia it would be bogus because somebody hacked them?
Do you have any idea how sick that is?

Hey, dumbass, we're talking about DNC political emails - not State or Defense Department government emails.

 

[RodISHI]

Even Donald Trump should denounce such Russian tactics. However, that is unlikely - since he never said anything about his adviser saying Hillary should be shot by firing squad.

Why do you hate the truth "kemosabe"?
Are you truly that dispicable of a human being"

Truth is fine - but sometimes one must also consider the motives of the source.

So when the emails of the Republicans who have been crooking come out will you still be whining?

 

[mamooth]

Just how long did you guys think you were going to be able to get away with being complete douchebags?

Ah, I see I've touched a nerve. Maybe you've still got a conscience left.

Or maybe not. Remember, this is entirely about your and your precious feelings. Nothing else matters, especially real people.

Those who would suffer and die under Trump? Not your problem, obviously. If millions have to die so you can keep your feeling of smarmy moral purity, that's a price you're willing to have someone else pay.

 

[Disir]

Even Donald Trump should denounce such Russian tactics. However, that is unlikely - since he never said anything about his adviser saying Hillary should be shot by firing squad.

Why do you hate the truth "kemosabe"?
Are you truly that dispicable of a human being"

Truth is fine - but sometimes one must also consider the motives of the source.

So in your "learned opinion" had Reagan's emails showed that he had sold military secrets to Russia it would be bogus because somebody hacked them?
Do you have any idea how sick that is?

Hey, dumbass, we're talking about DNC political emails - not State or Defense Department government emails.

Hey slimeball your filthy ass is trying to put the blame on someone else.

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

I don't expect Hillary-haters to denounce Putin, being they're on the same team.

Disgraceful, how they're working to put Putin's patsy in office.

I also notice how the gutless Hillary-haters won't say how the emails reflect badly on Clinton. They keep screaming it over and over, but they never show how. Again, typical.

So, Hillary-haters, what other desperate deflection tactics has DearLeaderVlad told you to use?

In any case, go suck on losing, losers.

 

[MarathonMike]

Wikileaks weaponized? Those bastards! Was that white smoke that puffed out of my computer anthrax? Cough Cough must......warn......the.......others...Hack....Cough

 

[Lakhota]

Even Donald Trump should denounce such Russian tactics. However, that is unlikely - since he never said anything about his adviser saying Hillary should be shot by firing squad.

Why do you hate the truth "kemosabe"?
Are you truly that dispicable of a human being"

Truth is fine - but sometimes one must also consider the motives of the source.

So when the emails of the Republicans who have been crooking come out will you still be whining?

What did Debbie do that was illegal? I don't know yet. Do you? Is she guilty until proven innocent?

 

[Disir]

Just how long did you guys think you were going to be able to get away with being complete douchebags?

Ah, I see I've touched a nerve. Maybe you've still got a conscience left.

Or maybe not. Remember, this is entirely about your and your precious feelings. Nothing else matters, especially real people.

Those who would suffer and die under Trump? Not your problem, obviously. If millions have to die so you can have a sense of smarmy moral purity, that's a price you're willing to have someone else pay.

You are disgusting. You are filthy. You have no conscience. You never did.

 

[mamooth]

No response, eh?

But then, your actions are inexcusable, so how could you defend them?

 

[Weatherman2020]

Evidence suggests that a Russian intelligence group was the source of the most recent Wikileaks intel dump, which was aimed to influence the U.S. election.

Close your eyes and imagine that a hacking group backed by Russian President Vladimir Putin broke into the email system of a major U.S. political party. The group stole thousands of sensitive messages and then published them through an obliging third party in a way that was strategically timed to influence the United States presidential election. Now open your eyes, because that’s what just happened.

On Friday, Wikileaks published 20,000 emails stolen from the Democratic National Committee. They reveal, among other things,thuggish infighting, a push by a top DNC official to use Bernie Sanders’ religious convictions against him in the South, and attempts to strong-arm media outlets. In other words, they reveal the Washington campaign monster for what it is.

But leave aside the purported content of the Wikileaks data dump (to which numerous other outlets have devoted considerable attention) and consider the source. Considerable evidence shows that the Wikileaks dump was an orchestrated act by the Russian government, working through proxies, to undermine Hillary Clinton’s Presidential campaign.

“This has all the hallmarks of tradecraft. The only rationale to release such data from the Russian bulletproof host was to empower one candidate against another. The Cold War is alive and well,” Tom Kellermann, the CEO of Strategic Cyber Ventures told Defense One.

Here’s the timeline: On June 14, cybersecurity company CrowdStrike, under contract with the DNC, announced in a blog post that two separate Russian intelligence groups had gained access to the DNC network. One group, FANCY BEAR or APT 28, gained access in April. The other, COZY BEAR, (also called Cozy Duke andAPT 29) first breached the network in the summer of 2015.

Cybersecurity company FireEye first discovered APT 29 in 2014 and was quick to point out a clear Kremlin connection. “We suspect the Russian government sponsors the group because of the organizations it targets and the data it steals. Additionally, APT 29 appeared to cease operations on Russian holidays, and their work hours seem to align with the UTC +3 time zone, which contains cities such as Moscow and St. Petersburg,” they wrote in their report on the group. Other U.S. officials have said that the group looks like it has sponsorship from the Russian government due in large part to the level of sophistication behind the group’s attacks.

It’s the same group that hit the State Department, the White House, and the civilian email of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.The group’s modus operandi (a spearphishing attack that uploads adistinctive remote access tool on the target’s computer) is well known to cyber-security researchers.

In his blog post on the DNC breaches CrowdStrike’s CTO Dmitri Alperovitchwrote “We’ve had lots of experience with both of these actors attempting to target our customers in the past and know them well. In fact, our team considers them some of the best adversaries out of all the numerous nation-state, criminal and hacktivist/terrorist groups we encounter on a daily basis. Their tradecraft is superb, operational security second to none and the extensive usage of ‘living-off-the-land’ techniques enables them to easily bypass many security solutions they encounter.”

The next day, an individual calling himself Guccifer 2.0 claimed to be the culprit behind the breach and released key documents to back up the claim, writing: “Shame on CrowdStrike.”

More: How Putin Weaponized Wikileaks to Influence the Election of an American President

One would hope that most Americans would be smart enough not to take Putin's bait. We'll see...

What's the big deal? Democrats are honest and trustworthy with nothing to hide.

 

[Disir]

No response, eh?

But then, your actions are inexcusable, so how could you defend them?

Can you count the number of deaths under Obama and the number that will be under Hillary?

Do you have the balls to do that? Or are you a whiny simpering little twit that continuously seeks to blame someone else?

Do go on about how it's all a matter of national security.