CIA malware and hacking tools

Re:CIA malware and hacking tools by NoGravitas on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @12:29PM (#13812457)

The thing is, "17 agencies agree" doesn't really mean anything, if the evidence that all 17 agencies are relying on is a single report from a private security company hired by the DNC, and not independent investigation. If all of those agencies had looked at the original evidence themselves, the story would be different.

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Re:CIA malware and hacking tools by alasdair_ on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @12:36PM (#13812561)

Also, the "17 agencies" statement came from James Clapper, and not individually issued from each of the agencies themselves. It also bears mentioning that the "17 agencies" include groups that I really, really doubt bothered to investigate ANYTHING to do with a politician getting his emails hacked - do people actually believe that the coast guard was tracking down Russian hackers after DNC secrets? What about the department of energy? These are some of the "17 agencies" mentioned.

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Re:CIA malware and hacking tools by res0nat0r on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @12:33PM (#13812527)

But they aren't just relying on a single report from a private security company, where did you assume that?

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Re:CIA malware and hacking tools by elif on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @01:27PM (#13813113)

https://www.wired.com/2017/01/fbi-says-democratic-party-woul...

fun fact, it is the same private company the government paid for evidence that North Korea (yeah, right) was responsible for the sony hack.

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Re:CIA malware and hacking tools by rev_null on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @12:44PM (#13812656)

If 30 helens agreed, it would be a different case.

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