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Re:Russian Hacker, Wanted by F.B.I., Is Arrested in Prague, ... by tptacek on Wednesday October 19, 2016 @12:03PM (#12744998)
People can imagine all sorts of things, but the US already has solid evidence that Russia is behind a number of US hacks. Not only that, but the US has already said Russia is behind those attacks; it would actually harm their argument if they built a giant PR campaign around this dude, because it would call into question the previous attribution.

I can imagine this going like this:

1. They extradite this guy to the USA.

2. They indict him for hacking, try him, and find him guilty.

3. He serves 4.3 years in federal prison.

4. He is released, returns to Russia, and we never hear about him again.

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Re:Russian Hacker, Wanted by F.B.I., Is Arrested in Prague, ... by usaphp on Wednesday October 19, 2016 @12:48PM (#12745374)
> "Not only that, but the US has already said Russia is behind those attacks; it would actually harm their argument if they built a giant PR campaign"

Did not US said that Iraq had a weapon of mass destruction and invaded them with a huge PR campaign?

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Re:Russian Hacker, Wanted by F.B.I., Is Arrested in Prague, ... by tptacek on Wednesday October 19, 2016 @12:52PM (#12745416)
It was not my claim that the US doesn't run PR campaigns, just that the one you propose doesn't make sense.
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Re:Russian Hacker, Wanted by F.B.I., Is Arrested in Prague, ... by usaphp on Wednesday October 19, 2016 @01:22PM (#12745698)
You whole argument is based on what US said and that they would not lie because it would ruin their PR campaign. US can say whatever they want so do Russia, but so far none of them showed any proof that hackers were sponsored by Russian gov.
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Re:Russian Hacker, Wanted by F.B.I., Is Arrested in Prague, ... by tptacek on Wednesday October 19, 2016 @02:11PM (#12746205)
That claim is also factually inaccurate.
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Re:Russian Hacker, Wanted by F.B.I., Is Arrested in Prague, ... by PerfectDlite on Wednesday October 19, 2016 @01:22PM (#12745702)
And Iraq actually had weapons of mass desctruction.
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Re:Russian Hacker, Wanted by F.B.I., Is Arrested in Prague, ... by poshli on Wednesday October 19, 2016 @02:53PM (#12746604)
well if you're going to go there... there's a great Bill Hicks sketch about how we knew the Iraqis had WMDs, we had the receipts!
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Re:Russian Hacker, Wanted by F.B.I., Is Arrested in Prague, ... by powertower on Wednesday October 19, 2016 @03:32PM (#12746952)
Please share this solid evidence, we've all been looking for it but can't seem to find it anywhere.
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Re:Russian Hacker, Wanted by F.B.I., Is Arrested in Prague, ... by tptacek on Wednesday October 19, 2016 @03:48PM (#12747069)
I shared some of it on a previous thread, which you can find with the search thingy at the bottom of the page.
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Re:Russian Hacker, Wanted by F.B.I., Is Arrested in Prague, ... by DominikR on Wednesday October 19, 2016 @12:34PM (#12745265)
> People can imagine all sorts of things, but the US already has solid evidence that Russia is behind a number of US hacks.

And the proof is?

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Re:Russian Hacker, Wanted by F.B.I., Is Arrested in Prague, ... by knowaveragejoe on Wednesday October 19, 2016 @03:38PM (#12746988)
There's a bunch of information on the evidence that is out there, along with external citations in this article:

http://motherboard.vice.com/read/all-signs-point-to-russia-b...

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