Just a few facts that I'll throw out there.  Take them as you wish.

 

FACT #1 - Many computer viruses actually originate in Russia or the vicinity.  Many scams or "hacks" also originate from Asia in general including China, North Korea, etc.

 

FACT #2 - Just because a hacking attempt/malware/virus originated in Russia doesn't mean that it was the Russian Government that did it.

 

FACT #3 - It's pretty easy to send misleading information with the attack.  As an example.  A recent exploit's source code was released, and some of the comments happened to be in Russian.  Does that mean that a Russian wrote the code, or did the hacker intentionally translate the comments to Russian to give a false trail?

 

FACT #4 - The DNC hack involved a very simple and primitive method that even faked out the admins.  One piece of advice that I would give everyone is NEVER, EVER, EVER click on a link in an email that says "change password now" or anything like that unless you know what you are doing.

 

FACT #5 - Anything that the CIA or the FBI knows about the whole thing is not going to get "leaked" to the media.  A media organization quoting an "anonymous source" isn't very credible.

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