Two Cautions on the Russian Hack of RNC Servers

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emptywheel
The apparent big takeaway from today's SSCI hearing on the Russia hack is that Russians targeted the RNC but not in the same concerted fashion as the DNC. But there are two details in the public record that might explain part of that.
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The The Future of Work Part 3: An Example of Artificial Intelligence

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Ed Walker
Machine translation of written material between languages is getting better as techniques of artificial intelligence are applied to the problem. It's not too early to think about the prudential principle.
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Wildcard Weekend, Kitties Prayers Welcome

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emptywheel
The Giants - Packers game will be the game of the weekend. The Lions - Seattle game? Sadly not so much.
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The Declassified Russian Hack Report

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emptywheel
The IC report on the Russian hacks is uneven. While I think the motives section is quite good, I think the media section is very poor. We get next to no details on the actual hacks; if they are as poor as the media section it doesn't bode well for the IC case.
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On the Joint Analysis Review, AKA the False Tor Node Positives Report

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emptywheel
The Joint Analysis Report released as part of the Russian hacking package has the effect of selectively burning a bunch of Tor nodes.
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On the DNC-FBI Spat Over the DNC Server

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emptywheel
The spat between the DNC and FBI over whether the latter should have obtained DNC's servers is mostly about bad blood. But that doesn't mean the FBI shouldn't have accessed the DNC server.
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Whither Shadow Brokers in Discussions of Foreign Hacks of America?

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emptywheel
Among the many things not mentioned at the SASC hearing on foreign cyber threats to the US was the Shadow Brokers leaks of NSA's tools.
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Thom Tillis Reminds James Clapper that the US Tampers in Elections, Too

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emptywheel
North Carolina Republican Thom Tillis did something almost unheard of today: publicly raised how many elections the US itself tampers in.
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In His Last Words Before Senate Armed Services, Clapper Warns against Congressional "Micromanagement"

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emptywheel
In what may be his last comments before the Senate Armed Services Committee, James Clapper warned against congressional micromanagement of the intelligence community.
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Did NYT's Mandarin Translations Cause Trouble for Apple?

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emptywheel
Is NYT's practice of translating select articles into Mandarin part of the reason China forced Apple to take down its app from Chinese stores?
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Trump Raises the Axe over the Intelligence Community, Again

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emptywheel
Trump's move to remake the intelligence community in Mike Flynn's own image has now taken the cast of revenge for its Russian hack reporting.
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Did NSA Just Reveal Its China BIOS Story Was Made Up?

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emptywheel
When NSA invited 60 Minutes for a tour of the NSA, they told a fantastic story about China trying to destroy the global economy. Curiously, that detail doesn't show up in the unredacted descriptions of classified things the NSA had authority to share with 60 Minutes.
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Russia Hacked the DNC. But What, Specifically, Did GRU Do?

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emptywheel
This post lays out more details in the DNC hack story that deserve explanation.
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On CrowdStrike's Curiously Timed Report Claiming Newfound "High" Confidence in Its GRU Attribution

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emptywheel
If CrowdStrike's confidence that GRU hacked the DNC was only "medium" back in June, why does their new report give them any higher confidence?
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The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are -- Oops! No Russians!

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emptywheel
Last week's report on Russian hacking has already predictably led to false positives.
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The Dragnet Donald Trump Will Wield Is Not Just the Section 215 One

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emptywheel
Far too many people believe "the dragnet" that Donald Trump will now wield is just the Section 215 one.
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A Deep Dive on the Obama Response to Russian DNC Hack (and Theft and Harassment)

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emptywheel
Lots and lots of words on what the complete package of retaliation directed at Russia includes.
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Is Trump's Revelation the Same as Craig Murray's Revelation: An American Cut-Out?

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emptywheel
Trump says he knows something about the DNC hack none of the rest of us do. Could it be the same thing that Craig Murray revealed: that there is an American cut-out involved?
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