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by rubatuga 3328 days ago
If they could provide a single shred of evidence for Russian hacking, other than Russian sounding usernames, that would be great. Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't the CIA leaks prove that governments have the ability to easily spoof the origin of the hack?
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Yes they did. wikileaks has it all. supposedly more on the way.
This is not true. I am 100% certain you cannot produce proof of this.
I think there isn't concrete proof, but at this point I am more inclined to believe Wikileaks than the US agency on this matter.
I am confused by your statement, because again, this is completely made up.

Their analysis for that information was code, which anyone can read and see the function, it is not really something you interpret to mean one thing or another. In this case, the code they referenced was gibberish written in a few other languages used for testing ("lorem ipsum" style text).

> Correct me if I'm wrong

Yes, you are incorrect. This was an unsubstantiated claim based on WikiLeaks analysis of their leak, but is not at all proven in the actual leaked material.