Re:Russia’s Hacking Frenzy Is a Reckoning
by souprock on Sunday December 20, 2020 @02:50PM
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No, it would not be a good time to present evidence. It could be classified. The evidence may need to be locked away for 40 years. Satisfying your demand is not enough reason to expose the means by which evidence has been gathered. At they said in WWII, loose lips sink ships.
Imagine yourself in WWII, demanding evidence of something that had been determined by cracking the Purple or Enigma cipher. No, you don't get to see that evidence. Sorry. You aren't trusted to keep that from the enemy.
Also note: neither Rubio nor Pompeo presented any evidence! Why would you demand evidence from Trump, but not from them?
Rubio has his motives. He has never liked the president. Pompeo is harder to pin down, but may be likewise. Either one could be pushing the increasing anti-Russian sentiment for political gain or worse.
In any case, attribution is difficult. Countries purposely misdirect. This does however have a very Chinese feel.
Re:Russia’s Hacking Frenzy Is a Reckoning
by Throwaway1771 on Sunday December 20, 2020 @03:15PM
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I missed the evidence in your comment.
"The methods used to carry out the cyberhack are consistent with Russian cyber operations."
-Senator Marco Rubio | Acting chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee
"This was a very significant effort and I think it's the case that now we can say pretty clearly that it was the Russians that engaged in this activity."
Mike Pompeo | US Secretary of State
Russian State-Sponsored Advanced Persistent Threat Actor Compromises U.S. Government Targets - Alert (AA20-296A) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/alerts/aa20-296a