David Spring, who judging by his credentials may know what’s he talking about, takes apart the DHS/FBI report on Russian hacking. From Spring at truthdig.com (please see the original article for links to the report and other links):
Editor’s note: David Spring, M. Ed., is a retired college instructor from Seattle who specializes in website design and security. This article has been very lightly edited at Truthdig; its information was not affected. The opinions expressed are those of the writer.
On December 29, 2016, the Hill posted an article discussing a 13-page report that the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security presented as “evidence” of Russian hacking in US elections.
Wikileaks has repeatedly stated that the source of its leaks was a disgruntled Democratic Party insider.
However, President Obama issued a press release on December 29, 2016, using the DHS-FBI report to justify increasing sanctions against Russia.
I therefore decided to see what the evidence was of Russian involvement in US elections. The Hill article linked to this 13-page government press release.
The government press release written by DHS-FBI did not mention Wikileaks. Nor did the report provide any evidence of Russian hacking in the US elections. Instead, the press release stated that “technical indicators” of Russian hacking were in the “CSV file and XML file attached with the PDF.” However, there was no CSV or XML file or link attached with the PDF. I was eventually able to find these two files at this link.
To see the evidence of Russian hacking firsthand, I downloaded the CSV file and converted it into a spreadsheet. The CSV file and the XML file both contained the same data. Here is the XML link to this data which can be viewed online in a web browser.
Both files provide a list of 895 “indicators” of Russian hacking. Unfortunately, nearly all of these indicators are simply IP addresses. In other words, it is a list of 895 servers from more than 40 countries around the world. But the list also includes a few website domain names. (A domain name is simply the name of the website such as Youtube.com.) I looked up these website domain names with this tool, which tells us who owns the domain names and where they are located.
To continue reading: Was Claim by Department of Homeland Security and FBI About Russian Hacking Fake News?
Bob: I have thought from the very beginning that this entire assertion by “intelligence sources” or “sources close to intelligence agencies,” was likely a “false flag” operation.
With respect to Old Vladimir and “Russian hacking, I think he should remind the media, the pundits, and the Democrat sycophants, that if he wanted to influence American politics he would have simply made a generous donation to the Clinton Foundation.
Dave
We’ve been seeing pure bullshit sourced to the intelligence agencies since at least the 1950s. I’m amazed that anyone still falls for it, but you know what’s been said about never underestimating the intelligence of the masses. The intelligence complex feeds people what they want to believe.