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WikiLeaks Doesn't Raise Doubts About Who Hacked the DNC. We Still Know it Was Russia.

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  • Ben Buchanan
| Mar. 09, 2017

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"When WikiLeaks dropped its latest trove of documents on Tuesday — this time revealing CIA hacking operations — it highlighted an effort code-named “UMBRAGE.” A WikiLeaks tweet said, “CIA steals other groups virus and malware facilitating false flag attacks.” The group described how the program “collects and maintains a substantial library of attack techniques ‘stolen’ from malware produced in other states,” as a way to “misdirect attribution” of a break-in. Attribution was once the subject of spirited academic debate, yet figuring out who is behind a computer hack has never been as essential a topic as it is now.

The stakes here are high..."

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For Academic Citation: Buchanan, Ben .“WikiLeaks Doesn't Raise Doubts About Who Hacked the DNC. We Still Know it Was Russia..” The Washington Post, March 9, 2017.

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