There’s no standing allegation by U.S. officials that the Russians (or anyone else) “hacked” into our elections system or altered vote counts.
So what are the allegations and facts as we know them?
The FBI and DHS released a brief joint report Thursday describing “Russian Malicious Cyber Activity.” It doesn’t include forensic proof of Russian government involvement in hacking efforts, but the administration is rushing a detailed, classified report to be delivered, at President Obama’s request, prior to President Trump taking office January 20.
The joint report can be summarized this way:
- The U.S. believes two hacking groups tied to the Russian government are involved.
- The U.S. has nicknamed the hacking groups “APT28” or “Fancy Bear,” and “APT29” or “Cozy Bear.” APT stands for “Advanced Persistent Threat.”
- The U.S. believes the GRU, Russia’s military service, is behind APT28.
- The U.S. believes the FSB, Russia’s counterintelligence agency headquartered in the building of the former KGB, is behind APT29.
- The U.S. believes the groups accessed “a political party” by sending emails that tricked users into clicking links that planted malware or directed them to Russian servers.
- The U.S. believes APT29 entered into “the party’s systems” in summer 2015, and APT28 in spring 2016.
- The U.S. believes APT28 provided the stolen emails to WikiLeaks, which WikiLeaks denies.
Most of the 13-page joint report provides advice on how to secure computer networks.
Eight Facts on the Hacks
h/t Cakes.
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… & we call them APT … as in “we’re APT to make anything up”
know what I believe? I believe that this is most inept group we’ve seen since the Clintons or the Carters.
… I also believe this is what happens when you arrogantly set up your own server, against the law, to circumvent the law …. eat it up demonRats …. eat it all up with a big, big spoon …. yum, yum
The thing is, half of hag-clintons supporters (the english speakers), believe this mush.
Looks like Obama wants to start a war with Russia as a final parting shot to Trump. Had Hillary won, she would have started a war with Russia to distract the public from all of her past, present, and future scandals.
The U.S. believes? No Barack Obama and his lib henchmen want us to believe. Barack Obama has told the truth one time in the last eight years. That is when he said he was going to fundamentally change America. Well that he has done and all to the detriment of our beloved country. Well Barack, a great majority of America knows you are a pathological LIAR. We also know if we were hacked it was your own damn arrogance that made it possible. Nineteen more days you small petulant little man.
“Believe” is what one does on faith.
No evidence necessary.
No contrary evidence would ever be sufficient to break that “belief.”
“The US believes …” is a bullshit statement to persuade the ignorant that the US gov’t (which is US – We, the People) believe the stupid bullshit promulgated by the political hacks and their media allies who are upset that America (again, US – We, the People) have rejected socialism and their lies and their lying candidate.
More disinformation. More propaganda. More lies on top of lies.
izlamo delenda est …
It can’t be proven that the Russians had any “intent” to interfere with the US election, so the Obama administration needs to STFU.
LIKE EVERYTHING WITH THE HALF-KENYAN TWIT…. made up of faerie dust and sprinkles of unicorn farts laced with vitriole and poison, and rejected but never dropped. The only time it will stop being shoved in front of us is when Barry Hussein ceases….as in deceases.
Nobody ever informed him of what he could do with his phone and pen. In one mighty shove.
I believe the Russians hacked Mariah Carey’s “performance” last night……
What did they hack?
Not voting machines
Lets give them the Podesta emails and the DNC and the whole released wikileaks as Russian hacks
All those exposed was the TRUTH
Truth about how the Clinton team operated.
Truth about the Democrats rigged their own primary.
The truth about why Hilary used a private server: to run a Pay for Play scheme selling access to the State Department’s highest levels.
I heard its not fair that the GOP did not get hacked.
Apparently, the GOP and the Trump team have heard of Antivirus software.
Two thoughts. First, this is why government officials like Hillary Clinton cannot have unauthorized private servers in their homes.
More importantly, this is the same group of government officials that claimed a poorly made video trailer for an amateurish film was responsible for riots in Benghazi that claimed the life of an ambassador – all of which werre proven to be lies. I wouldn’t believe the “official” version claimed by the Obama administration unless a notarized statement by Vladimir Putin, duly witnessed by 20 Bishops of the church, was submitted as proof of Russian hacking.
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The Russians hacked my Fitbit yesterday and stole 4K steps. Luckily I had a six pack to drown my sorrows with.
Wasn’t it determined years ago that hundreds of millions of dollars to fund Obungo’s 2008 campaign came from the middle east?