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0 pointsthreeseed6y ago0 comments

Because reports have him receiving information either directly or indirectly from the Russian government. And they have access to all sorts of sensitive information.

John Podesta and Hillary Clinton's emails allegedly found its way to Wikileaks through this path.

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jessaustin6y ago

Podesta emails were phished. This doesn't require APT of any sort.

sixQuarks6y ago

From what I've researched, the Hillary emails were most likely from an internal source.

droithomme6y ago

Correct. Former Ambassador Craig Murray has stated that a disgruntled DNC employee, unhappy with the treatment of Sanders, personally gave him the emails in Washington and he couriered the emails to his friend Assange who then published them.

And as has been pointed out the Podesta emails were taken through a phishing email which was sent to thousands of people (so it wasn't spear phishing) and which he foolishly fell for.

threeseedOP6y ago

Craig Murray's statements are highly disputed and some of them are just plain ridiculous e.g. you can't transfer data to Russian servers at > 6MB/s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Murray

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deepakhj6y ago

https://www.justice.gov/file/1080281/download

sixQuarks6y ago

It's disappointing that even the Hackernews crowd, which is generally more skeptical and intelligent than the general population, has fallen victim to Russiagate hysterics. I get that Donald Trump is vile to many, but that's a sad excuse to let critical thinking go out the window.

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0 pointsthreeseed6y ago0 comments

Because reports have him receiving information either directly or indirectly from the Russian government. And they have access to all sorts of sensitive information.

John Podesta and Hillary Clinton's emails allegedly found its way to Wikileaks through this path.

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jessaustin6y ago

Podesta emails were phished. This doesn't require APT of any sort.

sixQuarks6y ago

From what I've researched, the Hillary emails were most likely from an internal source.

droithomme6y ago

And as has been pointed out the Podesta emails were taken through a phishing email which was sent to thousands of people (so it wasn't spear phishing) and which he foolishly fell for.

threeseedOP6y ago

Craig Murray's statements are highly disputed and some of them are just plain ridiculous e.g. you can't transfer data to Russian servers at > 6MB/s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Murray

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deepakhj6y ago

https://www.justice.gov/file/1080281/download

sixQuarks6y ago

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