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Re:Guccifer 2.0: DNC's servers hacked by a lone hacker by slg on Wednesday June 15, 2016 @06:40PM (#11912686)
If it was China or Russia and they planned to release the information, they wouldn't want anyone to acknowledge their connection to the hacker. Not saying it was them behind this, just that the hacker could have just as much motive to lie about it.
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Re:Guccifer 2.0: DNC's servers hacked by a lone hacker by r721 on Wednesday June 15, 2016 @06:52PM (#11912727)
There were also talks recently that "NATO may counter cyber attacks with conventional weapons" [1], so hypothetical nation-state attackers would want to downplay their involvement.

[1] http://www.reuters.com/article/us-cyber-nato-idUSKCN0Z12NE

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Re:Guccifer 2.0: DNC's servers hacked by a lone hacker by nraynaud on Wednesday June 15, 2016 @07:11PM (#11912807)
I am sensing bullshit, I'm pretty sure a lot of countries in NATO wouldn't want to do that, and if a NATO country attacks first (or a country doesn't interprets a cyber attack as an actual attack), the alliance doesn't hold.
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