US officials: Russian 'digital fingerprints' all over election hacks

[riversedge]

Source: CNN




By Barbara Starr, Jim Sciutto and Ryan Browne, CNN

Updated 5:08 PM ET, Mon January 2, 2017


Spicer: Conclusions on hack 'irresponsible' 01:54
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The US government has linked cyber-attacks to specific Russain keyboards
Donald Trump has cast doubt on links between election hacks and Moscow

Washington (CNN)Even as President-elect Donald Trump and his aides cast doubt on the links between Russia and recent hacks against Democrats, US intelligence officials say that newly identified "digital fingerprints" indicate Moscow was behind the intrusions.

One official told CNN the administration has traced the hack to the specific keyboards -- which featured Cyrillic characters -- that were used to construct the malware code, adding that the equipment leaves "digital fingerprints" and, in the case of the recent hacks, those prints point to the Russian government.

But, despite an initial public assessment by the US intelligence community in October that Russia was behind the intrusions, Trump and his staff continue to voice doubts.

"The idea that we're jumping to conclusions before we have a final report is, frankly, irresponsible," Trump's incoming press secretary, Sean Spicer, told CNN's Alisyn Camerota Monday......................



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[pangaia]

1. It's not just us.

The Russians have been at this a long time, including in the Baltic countries, Central Europe and Scandinavia.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028424502

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028424433

[Aristus]

2. I wonder if there's going to be a "January Surprise"

that has Trumpf doing the perp walk instead of taking the oath...

[Chasstev365]

3. My fondest hope, but it ain't going to happen.

Short of video of Trump murdering nuns, the GOP will me never impeach him!

[Pacifist Patriot]

19. I'm not sure that would even be enough.

[2naSalit]

20. I have been having

interesting dreams lately and for some reason I keep having this one particular recurring dream in which some revelation is made, last minute, that ends up with him being arrested around the 19th or 20th... some thing to do with his to being able to control his penchant for gloating in which he reveals/admits openly to treasonous acts that the judicial system can't ignore.

If that doesn't happen, I can only say that I welcome the day I get to evacuate the planet... although saddened and ashamed of my species.

[Laurian]

4. I'm beyond disgusted that Trump has been declared the winner

with all of this documented interference in the election. It's like...oh, well, ho hum.

WTF?

[Thinkingabout]

5. Trump can not accept the fact he did not win the election, he may have gotten the

EC but not the vote, he can't stand to think he is not as great as he thinks, he had to have his puppet master dump trash into wikileaks to get people to vote for him. He is a loser.

[Chemisse]

6. All that computer lingo is just too confusing.

And if my superior brain can't understand it, then the CIA is just making shit up. Plus, that's what Putin told me.

Better to communicate via courier (also Vladdy's idea - we are good buddies).

[TheBlackAdder]

12. Trump and Russia use couriers involving late night drops signaled by 7-Up cans placed at stop signs.

[HoneyBadger]

7. It is definitely interesting that a particular keyboard leaves a digital fingerprint

This has huge ramifications in law enforcement.

[riversedge]

10. I am waiting for Donny's explanation!! Wonder if he will resort to washing the keyboard with bleac

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[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

8. They're using the same techique "climate deniers" use

Dispute, deny, delay.

"The science isn't in."
"The audit isn't complete."
"The intelligence report isn't finished."

The only thing that is finished the moment it happens is a sperm impregnating an egg, which instantly produces a full-grown baby.

[libdem4life]

9. Interfering in elections is not a new art. Interfering with sovereign nation's

elections is not exactly new territory, even for the US.

I'm sincerely hoping to find out...I've read a number of posts herein...how the Russian Hacks were able to change votes ... especially Electoral Votes. If they were hacking individual votes for Trump, they obviously failed. However, I fail to see how hacking can change even individual votes from one candidate to the other.

But in our country, it is the Electoral College, no matter how distasteful, that rules the election for precisely this reason, or so it claims.

So if we're to do something about this...if it truly made the difference in a US POTUS, then we need to get information and methods poste haste ... that apparently was not forthcoming until AFTER the vote.

Where were votes switched. How did they switch them. Was it just votes for Hillary switched to Trump? Hacking isn't enough of an excuse, AFAIC. With all the National Intelligence Agencies claiming it to be so, seems too little, too late. Who, why, where how and when. Just a lot of hanky-waving without that. Then there's Wikileaks...another whole universe.

Perhaps we should appoint Jimmy Carter for our Election Verification Czar.

[HoneyBadger]

11. Jill Stein not Jimmy Carter

Stein has definitely shown a willingness to deep dive

[libdem4life]

14. Indeed. I like her gravitas. And I do lean toward the Green side, as well.

Maybe we could get Jill, Elizabeth and Bernie? Because if she stays with the Green Party, it's a non-starter. She's already marginalized beyond the more traditional "rabble rousers" that I love so much. Even her own VP candidate didn't support her. But I sure did like how she dug her heels in and went forward.

[HoneyBadger]

15. 3rd party affiliation gives her the ability to claim no partisan bias

[libdem4life]

17. I know. We don't have a process for observing our elections because they are "free and fair".

Even Bernie gets "tagged" because he had to register as a Democrat to run. Then they accuse him of not being a "good Democrat". So....

Then we observe other country's elections that we think might not be free and fair.

[Blue_Roses]

13. I'm sure that there is a ton of info

that we don't know yet and won't know until they're ready to do something about it. I'm guessing, by reading in between the lines, that they strongly suspect the vote was hacked. They just don't have the proof or confirmation to put it out there yet.

[libdem4life]

16. Hacked is not the same as election fraud. I've learned there is a difference between

election fraud and voter fraud and perhaps even hacking...which can be as "simple" as taking a look-see at some information. But you have to be able to act on it for it to be of any value, seems to me. But for a number of reasons, I and others, want some real answers. The least of which...one must know where a leak is to plug it for the future.

I tell my insurance company that water damaged my belongings and I want reimbursement. I don't get to see one penny until I verify how it happened.

But thanks for the thoughts...I'll be watching and waiting.

[benld74]

18. US has digital proof PEOTUS has NO say!!!