CIA malware and hacking tools

Re:CIA malware and hacking tools by vxNsr on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @12:24PM (#13812393)

I think it's vitally important, at least in this forum where tech knowledge is fairly high to avoid saying that "Russia hacked the election" without any sort of qualifier. Because the implication is that they hacked voter booths or somehow changed votes.

In reality they allegedly hacked computers of people related to a single party and brought to light the illicit activities that party was doing.

tl;dr Saying Russia hacked the election is the same as saying that some kid hacked the FBI when all he did was deface their website. It implies a level of sophistication that did not happen.

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Re:CIA malware and hacking tools by bertil on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @01:23PM (#13813066)

> In reality they allegedly hacked computers of people related to a single party and brought to light the illicit activities that party was doing.

My understanding was the Security professionals expected that the most likely scenario was that both parties were hacked: one side was revealed and the other one used for leverage.

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Re:CIA malware and hacking tools by xherberta on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @01:07PM (#13812895)

Agreed. All this fuss gives Russia more prestige/soft power.

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