Category Archives: hacking

Getting Russia Wrong

Posted on January 7, 2017 by

On Friday, January 6, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence released a ‘declassified’ version of its report on Russian ‘influence efforts’ aimed at the 2016 election. It would be an understatement to say that the report is laughably … Continue reading →

Posted in chichvarkin, corruption, FSB, GRU, hacking, russia

Unpacking Russian Hacking

Posted on January 1, 2017 by

In the summer and fall of this year, emails and documents belonging to the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton Campaign Chairman John Podesta were published online by Wikileaks. Guccifer 2.0 – purportedly a Romanian hacker – published a smaller … Continue reading →

Posted in Cold War, Espionage, FSB, Government of Russia, GRU, hacking, secret agents, spying, Trump, u.s.-russia relations