This article quotes Robert M. Lee, but omits the important paragraph below, which seems to directly contradict the headline:<p>"The White House’s response is ultimately a strong and accurate statement. The attribution towards the Russian government was confirmed by the US government using their sources and methods on top of good private sector analysis. I am going to critique aspects of the DHS/FBI report below but I want to make a very clear statement: POTUS’ statement, the multiple government agency response, and the validation of private sector intelligence by the government is wholly a great response. This helps establish a clear norm in the international community although that topic is best reserved for a future discussion."
Anything you read in the news about this is all speculation. Any hard evidence the US has is most definitely top secret. I would believe the govt in this case, mostly because openly blaming another country for this is polically somewhat dangerous. There's not really a reason to point fingers unless you really want to send someone a message to "knock it off"<p>Blaming anyone and publicly admitting that your governments fundamental democracy was compromised is not to be taken lightly. Politically, this is a signal to Russia that if they continue to interfere there will be consequences.<p>The US govt would not publicly admit such weakness unless there was a good reason
Largely a rehash of all the other discussions on the subject. No, it doesn't provide much <i>new</i> evidence, but also some claim that it wasn't really supposed to.<p>Anyway, one particular component I'm curious about, is the new list of IP addresses that were released[0]. I've been following the story only somewhat closely, but I believe that was genuinely new evidence that came out. Is there a public DB somewhere that lists what we know of IP addresses and their known malware activity? Some other post on HN mentioned that "30+%" of them were simply Tor endpoints and VPSs/VPNs, which obviously don't say very much. But I don't really know of a way to get a feel for how interesting this new data the government released is, or if that 30% claim is accurate.<p>[0] <a href="https://www.us-cert.gov/security-publications/GRIZZLY-STEPPE-Russian-Malicious-Cyber-Activity" rel="nofollow">https://www.us-cert.gov/security-publications/GRIZZLY-STEPPE...</a>
"It is my opinion and speculation that there were some really good government analysts and operators contributing to this data and then report reviews, leadership approval processes, and sanitation processes stripped out most of the value and left behind a very confusing report trying to cover too much while saying too little."<p>Pretty much sums it up.
Aside from the question who hacked DNC and Clinton campaign is there any analysis of it made a material difference in the election. Would no hack made a difference in FL, OH, WI and MI. Probably not in first 3.
When the US does it to other countries it's good, when it happens to the US, it's tampering with democracy. Also, it's not like Russia created the corruption inside the democratic party. If the democrats would have been as innocent as they pretend, then maybe Russia's tampering attempt would have had no effect.<p>This whole narrative is a distraction from the real issue.