Why are there so many on the Left denying or justifying the Russian hacks? [View all]
This is driving me crazy. I fully expect most on the Right and the Trump supporters to deny, deflect, ignore or justify the Russian hacking events. But lately I've been seeing a disturbing number of progressive, or at least progressive leaning folks on social media also denying or justifying this. Particularly among pro Bernie people (disclaimer: I myself was a Bernie primary voter).
The arguments range from "I don't trust anything the government says," to "I don't have any reason to doubt WikiLeaks," to "HRC deserves it because of what she did to Bernie," to "I'm glad this exposed the corruption," to "America interferes with elections, so..."
It's driving me crazy. At a time when progressives should be coming together and uniting, we are even more divided. And I happen to work in Information Security and the evidence for me is nearly overwhelming. In fact, I've been battling many on the Right and the Left with information on this. And the shitty party is, there's so much ignorance on these matters. It really is disturbing, and tells me we're in for a really big mess. We're already in a veiled cyber war with increasing attacks on commercial intellectual property, military secrets, and retail and consumer sites as well as financial institutions. Our infrastructure is being proved for weakness. I can't help but think that the minimization of the Russian political attacks will further undermine confidence in the institutions that our supposed to protect us. For those that are interested in some of the technical aspects or would like fodder to use if you're in the same battles as I am, I've compiled a list of some pretty solid articles on the subject from a variety of sources, both newsy and technical.
https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/bears-midst-intrusion-democratic-national-committee/
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/13/us/politics/russia-hack-election-dnc.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/11/us/politics/cia-judgment-intelligence-russia-hacking-evidence.html
http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a49791/russian-dnc-emails-hacked/
http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/09/seven-years-of-malware-linked-to-russian-state-backed-cyberespionage/
https://www.emptywheel.net/2016/12/10/evidence-prove-russian-hack/
http://www.vox.com/new-money/2016/12/13/13922054/cia-russia-hacking
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