[rdtsc]

> The Kremlin hacked our presidential election,

That's the first line in the article and is stated as fact, what's the evidence for that? How exactly did Kremlin hack our election?

Are they implying had it not been for their hackers we might have had Hillary as a president. I remember her campaigning in California multiple times and but I guess those sneaky Russian hackers changed her itinerary to never visit Wisconsin. They also forced her to setup that stupid server and send classified information over it. Then held the hands of her staffers as they smashed those blackberries with hammers.

Saw someone else here stopped reading at that line, and can't blame them. This is becoming like the WMD and the Iraq War story. At some point it becomes counterproductive to repeat it because it starts to work in the opposite direction. No doubt there it was a very well thought out PR campaign, but it's time to wrap up and move on.

[flukus]

I've never even heard anyone explain how they could prove it in the first place. How do they differentiate an attack launched from Russia with a Russian attack? How do the differentiate state vs private actors? How do they rule out intentionally created back doors?

It always comes down to "it was the Russians, trust us".