As Democrats gather, allegations of Russian subplot raise intrigue

Re:As Democrats gather, allegations of Russian subplot raise... by rdtsc on Monday July 25, 2016 @12:56AM (#12156545)

I don't buy it. This is a typical tactic -- "Oh look we were hacked by ex-Soviet supervillains, nobody could have resisted this attack."

When we got what looks like a FAQ blog post from Guccifer 2.0 ( https://guccifer2.wordpress.com/2016/06/30/faq/ ) and I tried to guess some things about him:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12009544

Here is what I came up with:

"...there is a high chance he is from Moldova, and now works for one of the big IT companies. Probably in his mid 30s. Lives in US or Canada."

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Re:As Democrats gather, allegations of Russian subplot raise... by Gustomaximus on Monday July 25, 2016 @02:33AM (#12156857)

> Cares and knows about DNC and specific candidates. Guessing they are following the election process, so probably live in US or Canada.

For this you underestimate the global interest in the US elections. It is so influential on the rest of world many take keen interest. This can easily be lunch-break talk in Australia. Not sure about the other points.

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Re:As Democrats gather, allegations of Russian subplot raise... by rdtsc on Monday July 25, 2016 @03:12AM (#12157007)

Well maybe it was just guessing based on my experience. At least in Easter Europe with friends I talked, aside from generalities about candidates (Trump is building a wall, ha-ha), it nobody worries or cares deeply enough to follow it to the level of DNC, to watch for election fraud, corruption.

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