Young Russian denies she aided election hackers: ‘I never work with douchebags’

Re:Young Russian denies she aided election hackers: ‘I never... by finid on Saturday January 07, 2017 @02:01PM (#13345880)

The company “provided the GRU with technical research and development”, according to the fact sheet released by the White House. No further details were given.

Imagine that!

A Russian company providing "technical research and development" to an agency of the Russian govt.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Young Russian denies she aided election hackers: ‘I never... by mhurron on Saturday January 07, 2017 @02:39PM (#13346129)

Imagine that, the US Government making vague, unverifiable statements to support actions against a foreign government.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Young Russian denies she aided election hackers: ‘I never... by charlesdm on Saturday January 07, 2017 @02:42PM (#13346149)

Not that I'm pro Russian, but that's exactly what I'd expect from the US government. Trying to police the world while making baseless accusations and meanwhile fucking up someone's life.

Can we see the proof, please? Of course we can't, because there probably isn't any.

Putting a oligarch with proper resources to defend himself through the courts (if he wants to) on that list is one thing, putting a random person on there is another.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Young Russian denies she aided election hackers: ‘I never... by finid on Saturday January 07, 2017 @02:48PM (#13346186)

Can we see the proof, please?

No, we won't show you proof. Here's what we can tell you:

We assess that the proof is classified. We also assess that the hack was directly orchestrated by Putin.

And we do ask that you just take our word for it, because evidence is classified.

You do believe that we're not lying, right?

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Young Russian denies she aided election hackers: ‘I never... by charlesdm on Saturday January 07, 2017 @02:49PM (#13346201)

Sure don't! :)

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Young Russian denies she aided election hackers: ‘I never... by dleslie on Saturday January 07, 2017 @02:28PM (#13346042)

All fear the big bad Russian bear, and definitely don't look behind the curtain that stands behind the American eagle.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Young Russian denies she aided election hackers: ‘I never... by justicezyx on Saturday January 07, 2017 @02:26PM (#13346026)

What do you try to imply or ask readers to imagine?

Are you suggesting Runssian govt is naturally bad and an agency contracted with them are inherently bad? Or something else?

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Young Russian denies she aided election hackers: ‘I never... by dasil003 on Saturday January 07, 2017 @02:37PM (#13346113)

They are pointing out that it is almost contentless since there is no more natural state of affairs than a domestic consulting company providing services to its own government agencies.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Young Russian denies she aided election hackers: ‘I never... by finid on Saturday January 07, 2017 @02:37PM (#13346110)

I upvoted you because your comment suggests that English is not your native language. Even native English speakers have a problem understanding stuff, but that's not a reason to downvote a comment.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Young Russian denies she aided election hackers: ‘I never... by credit_guy on Saturday January 07, 2017 @02:52PM (#13346214)

Not native English speaker here; I read your comment along the lines "move along, nothing to see here, a foreign company collaborates with its own government, what's the big deal", plus a bit of sarcasm towards someone who tries to imply maliciousness from this. But language aside, sarcasm is always a bit tricky in comments.

[ Parent | on HN ]