Putin: Russian state has never been involved in hacking
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[quote]President Vladimir Putin insisted Thursday that the Russian state has never engaged in hacking and scoffed at allegations that hackers could influence the outcome of elections in the United States or Europe.
But the Russian leader admitted the possibility that some individual “patriotic” hackers could have mounted some attacks amid the current cold spell in Russia’s relations with the West.
Speaking at a meeting with senior editors of leading international news agencies, Putin also alleged that some evidence pointing at Russian hackers’ participation in attacks — he didn’t specify which — could have been falsified in an attempt to smear Russia.
“I can imagine that some do it deliberately, staging a chain of attacks in such a way as to cast Russia as the origin of such an attack,” Putin said. “Modern technologies allow that to be done quite easily.”
U.S. intelligence agencies have accused Russia of hacking into Democratic Party emails, helping President Donald Trump’s election victory, and the Congressional and FBI investigations into the Trump campaign’s ties with Russia have shattered Moscow’s hopes for a detente with Washington.
Putin said the “Russo-phobic hysteria” makes it “somewhat inconvenient to work with one another or even to talk.”
“It’s having an impact, and I’m afraid this is one of the goals of those who organize it are pursuing and they can fine-tune the public sentiments to their liking trying to establish an atmosphere that is going to prevent us from addressing common issues, say with regard to terrorism,” the Russian leader said.
Putin predicted “this will end, sooner or later,” adding that “we are patient, we know how to wait and we will wait.”[/quote]
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Just like the CIA has never killed anyone, the NSA isn't illegally spying on everyone, and Alexander Litvinenko died of natural causes, sure :rolleyes:
And Snowden didn't leak anything but the Pentagon director's dry cleaning receipts. Okay, Vladimir, we believe you, it's not like you're ex-KGB or anything.
[QUOTE=Steel & Iron;52299352]Putin said the “Russo-phobic hysteria” makes it “somewhat inconvenient to work with one another or even to talk.”[/QUOTE]
It's almost like when you attempt to subvert democratic institutions through underhanded means people react poorly.
Who would have thunk?
Ah yes, we'll believe the ex-KGB man. I'm sure he has no vested interest in denying that Russia does bad shit.
Why are the lies that come out of the dictator's mouth even relevant news anymore? Literally everything he says can be taken as pure bullshit
Oh. Well, case closed then.
Even If you didn't hack us, You defiantly tried to hack Macron
The headline here is that Putin admitted "patriotic Russians" may have meddled in the election
That's the great thing about the internet. Anonymity. You don't need to dedicated government resources to perform cyber attacks. You get others to do it for you to increase anonymity. You can't say it was Russia, but maybe people in or around Russia who may or may not have been Russian citizens and may or may not have been affiliated with Russia.
[QUOTE=download;52299389]Just like the CIA has never killed anyone, the NSA isn't illegally spying on everyone, and Alexander Litvinenko died of natural causes, sure :rolleyes:[/QUOTE]
Didn't you know, humans don't need to breathe air to survive either!
Pictured: patriotic Russians trekking in domestic resort with typical camping gear.
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Dude's a troll. You know he's laughing it up.
Thanks for your insightful read, Putin. We all know how trustworthy you have been in your goverment and your past.
We can all sleep safer at night.
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