Re: White House fails to make case that Russian hackers tampered with election

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

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> From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com>
> Date: January 2, 2017 at 2:14:03 PM EST
> To: Multiple recipients of Dewayne-Net <dewayne-net () warpspeed com>
> Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Re: White House fails to make case that Russian hackers tampered with election
> Reply-To: dewayne-net () warpspeed com
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> [Note:  This comment comes from friend David Reed.  DLH]
>
> From: dpreed () reed com
> Subject: Re: White House fails to make case that Russian hackers tampered with election
> Date: January 1, 2017 at 3:51:22 PM EST
> To: dewayne () warpspeed com
>
> <https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2016/12/russia-malware-ip-hack/>
>
> The above link provides a detailed analysis of the tools referred to in the JAR. Of course it would be rare indeed to 
> be able to infer that a particular actor used some tool unambiguously. But the evidence of what was done and how 
> seems pretty darn strong.
>
> This is the so-called "attribution problem" of cyberwarfare.
>
> What I think the debate about accurate attribution is missing, however, is that these events happened - even if we 
> can never attribute them reliably.
>
> That's a big gap. Unattributable acts of cyberwarfare are real, and also very important.
>
> If it wasn't Russia (and apparently we haven't seen reliable-enough evidence), then it is not credible (except to 
> crazies) that the DNC hacked itself. Maybe it was Assange's supporters? Would it be better if the US Election was 
> tampered with by Assange?
>
> Personally, the fundamental point, which should not be missed, is that this was a serious operation, not a trivial 
> one. And its effect was serious.
>
> Attribution is a secondary issue. Somweone interfered with a US election and wanted Trump to win.
>
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