Whoopsie: Russian hackers post same document twice, but with glaring differences [View all]

[Bill USA]

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/News/12147705/story.html
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... two supposedly independent hacking groups, believed by security experts to have ties to the Kremlin, posted the same documents stolen from a philanthropy run by George Soros. But the hack included a twist: [font size="+1"]Some of the documents taken by one group were altered in a bid to try and link Soros to Russian anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny, revealing how hackers likely working for Moscow are editing documents to smear their victims.[/font]

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Navalny denies receiving funding from Soros and says he has had no support from Yandex. Laura Silber, a spokesperson for Open Society, said the foundation has never supported Navalny and that the edited documents posted by Cyber Berkut amounted to a libelous claim.

[font size="+1"]The Kremlin, Navalny wrote in an email to Foreign Policy, “really likes that type of tactics: posting fake documents among real hacked documents.” The goal, he wrote, is to create a mess for the opposition.[/font]
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This is of course, of no concern to Julian Assange. He doesn't care if Russia supplies him with fake emails supposedly hacked form the DNC or the Clinton Foundation are genuine or not. He knows any released "hacked" emails have some chance of hurting Clinton who he deems not worthy of becoming President of the U.S. Assange is not bothered by the ethical questions around meddling in an election in a country of which he isn't even a citizen. Assange is convinced he is a special person who isn't hindered by ethical considerations less lofty beings feel obliged to respect. Such is life for the Übermensch (cf: Also Sprache Zarathustra).