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

[Disir]

Assange doesn't give a damn about Trump.

 

[Sherry]

Does not matter who owns the video camera that records you putting a knife in someone's back... As long as it is evidence to be used in the guilty party's prosecution...

Vladimir Putin: I think I mentioned our ”guilt“ in the floods in Europe. I think this is another such joke. Actually, I think it is indecent to mention Russia when speaking of any issue, even those we have nothing to do with, to make our country out to be some kind of scarecrow. This not what intelligent people would do, I think.

Meeting with heads of international news agencies

Strange is it not. Liberals point the blame to Russian's for knowing about liberal crimes. They have no proof the Russian's did it and no defense for what they did. But someone else MUST be guilty. It's the liberal way.

The question is what is the rational for leaking these emails at this time if it's not to help Trump?

The question is: What is the rationale for defending and/or distracting from the content of those emails??

 

[AnCap'n_Murica]

Let's say that this tin hat tale is credible. We could then presume that odds the private server that Hillary used while she was Sec. of State being 100%.

You democrats really want to elect someone who could be blackmailed by Putin?

If Putin could indeed blackmail Hillary with all the dirt he has on her, why wreck the election for her? Why not assist her in getting elected and play her ass for 4-8 years?

Sorry, my bullshit detector just pegged.

 

[Ridgerunner]

The question is what is the rational for leaking these emails at this time if it's not to help Trump?

The old saying is "never look a gift horse in the mouth".

 

[Lakhota]

Let's say that this tin hat tale is credible. We could then presume that odds the private server that Hillary used while she was Sec. of State being 100%.

You democrats really want to elect someone who could be blackmailed by Putin?

If Putin could indeed blackmail Hillary with all the dirt he has on her, why wreck the election for her? Why not assist her in getting elected and play her ass for 4-8 years?

Sorry, my bullshit detector just pegged.

Blackmailed by Putin? Hell, Trump's wife Melania has connections to Putin's communist country. Melania's father was a listed member of the League of Communists. BTW, there are some great pictures in the link below. Seriously.

Melania Trump: from daughter of a Communist to favorite for First Lady

 

[Liminal]

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.”

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

You Clinton followers are shit. You have no moral high ground to stand on.

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.”

 

[Liminal]

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.

I'd settle for the right wing war mongering racist bitch doing time in prison.

 

[Liminal]

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.

This statement is absolute proof that you are entirely devoid of any sense morality, ethics or principles of any kind.

 

[AnCap'n_Murica]

Let's say that this tin hat tale is credible. We could then presume that odds the private server that Hillary used while she was Sec. of State being 100%.

You democrats really want to elect someone who could be blackmailed by Putin?

If Putin could indeed blackmail Hillary with all the dirt he has on her, why wreck the election for her? Why not assist her in getting elected and play her ass for 4-8 years?

Sorry, my bullshit detector just pegged.

Blackmailed by Putin? Hell, Trump's wife Melania has connections to Putin's communist country. BTW, there are some great pictures in the link below. Seriously.

Melania Trump: from daughter of a Communist to favorite for First Lady

Pretty weak dodge of important questions.

Having connections with Russia isn't going to be as useful to a despot like Putin as a Murican president that he can blackmail and push around.

Oh, there goes the bullshit meter again!

 

[Damaged Eagle]

Funny. So you think Putin's motives were altruistic and honorable? Why didn't Putin and Snowden also hack the shit out of the RNC computers and make that public? Why is he only targeting the DNC? It ain't rocket science...

Perhaps he did hack the RNC computers and found they had more honor than the Machiavellain antics of the DNC.

The progressive party path of obliterating governments and creating lawless lands that has created a refugee crisis thereby destabilizing Europe is not in his best interests.

Especially when those progressives think he should be following Europe's path of accepting unvetted refugees while ignoring and condemning his own people when the refugees commit atrocities against his own people.

It makes one wonder what else he found... perhaps on Hillary's server over the years.

*****SMILE*****

 

[Liminal]

And you Trump followers are all just as fucking stupid as you can possibly be. In fact, you Trump dummies are such sad examples of humanity that you evidently have few reasons to continue living. Please draw the appropriate conclusions and act accordingly.

 

[HUGGY]

It's pretty clear Putin fears Hillary more than Donald.

 

[Eaglewings]

And you Trump followers are all just as fucking stupid as you can possibly be. In fact, you Trump dummies are such sad examples of humanity that you evidently have few reasons to continue living. Please draw the appropriate conclusions and act accordingly.

Take 2 aspirin and go to bed, I think you are having a Trump breakdown...lol

 

[AnCap'n_Murica]

It's pretty clear Putin fears Hillary more than Donald.

How do you figure?

 

[Eaglewings]

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?

She stepped down from her position ...it shows that in fact she helped get rid of Berney..
Perhaps not illegal I don't think . But it is surely unethical , this could change the coarse of the race for the democrats

.

 

[Lakhota]

Funny. So you think Putin's motives were altruistic and honorable? Why didn't Putin and Snowden also hack the shit out of the RNC computers and make that public? Why is he only targeting the DNC? It ain't rocket science...

Perhaps he did hack the RNC computers and found they had more honor than the Machiavellain antics of the DNC.

The progressive party path of obliterating governments and creating lawless lands that has created a refugee crisis thereby destabilizing Europe is not in his best interests.

Especially when those progressives think he should be following Europe's path of accepting unvetted refugees while ignoring and condemning his own people when the refugees commit atrocities against his own people.

It makes one wonder what else he found... perhaps on Hillary's server over the years.

*****SMILE*****

Yes, perhaps my asshole is square - but I doubt it.

 

[HUGGY]

It's pretty clear Putin fears Hillary more than Donald.

How do you figure?

I have this marvelous grasp of the obvious.

 

[AnCap'n_Murica]

It's pretty clear Putin fears Hillary more than Donald.

How do you figure?

I have this marvelous grasp of the obvious.

Really?

What's to fear from someone that you can blackmail, because you have years upon years of their hacked emails in your archives?

Help me out with the obvious here.

 

[JimBowie1958]

It's a plot. Shift as far away as you can. The lengths you clowns go to is amazing.

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Yeah, because what Clinton and the Dems have actually done is completely irrelevant, dont we all know?

 

[Damaged Eagle]

Yes, perhaps my asshole is square - but I doubt it.

It may not be square but at this point you do look like one covered with...

*****CHUCKLE*****