Russia Hysteria Infects WashPost: False Story About Hacking U.S. Electric Grid
We reverse engineered the IOC&#x27;s included in Thursday&#x27;s report from the FBI that released malware data that is supposedly associated with the &#x27;Russian&#x27; election hack. Turns out it&#x27;s a hacking group in Ukraine, anyone can get it for free (but if you&#x27;re nice you&#x27;ll donate to their BTC account) and the DHS and FBI sample was several versions behind.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.wordfence.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;2016&#x2F;12&#x2F;russia-malware-ip-hack&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.wordfence.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;2016&#x2F;12&#x2F;russia-malware-ip-hac...</a><p>The trouble is that the report was released at the same time as the expulsion of 35 Russian diplomats and the whole context around it, including some of the language used in the report, implies it&#x27;s proof of a Russian election hack.<p>We also analyzed the IP&#x27;s they shared and they&#x27;re just a mish-mash of known attack IP&#x27;s around the world - probably hacked hosts being used as an attack platform by everyone. ISP&#x27;s include Linode and Digital Ocean.<p>I&#x27;m having serious Colin Powell UN flashbacks here: IC releases questionable data as justification for military policy decisions.<p>I&#x27;ve done two interviews this morning about this story and I&#x27;m told by one very well known journalist that publications both on the left and right think this whole thing stinks. Here&#x27;s RS&#x27;s take.<p>www.rollingstone.com&#x2F;politics&#x2F;features&#x2F;something-about-this-russia-story-stinks-w458439