Trump has been a very pro NSA candidate. He has talked about expanding their powers, bringing back water boarding, and other things that the intelligence community would like.
HRC most likely compromised the state department, national secrets, and her own foundation with her stupid emails.
Right now Russia is being blamed, but no one knows who is doing it.
I suspect that the real culprits may in fact be our own intelligence outfits. They are doing these leaks for several reasons:
1: they can get rid of wikileaks once and for all, and in fact obama is now moving to do so.
2: They can ensure they get a president and congressmen that will fund them.
3: Trump seems to understand who the real enemies are, and is not politically motivated to hold back on them.
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DownByTheRiver ago
The DNC is full of old people who don't understand how email, technology, and the internet. Hubris and decades of success made them sloppy. Incompetence isn't a conspiracy. Old people suck at computers and the internet.
Most likely scenario is that the server was never patched. That means anyone who wanted access had it.
senpaithatignoresyou ago
That is also a very feasible explanation.
Occam's Razor would say that this is also the most likely answer.
I also suspect that the DNC does not have as many technical people that they used to. This new generation of technical people seems to swing classical liberal, alt right, and libertarian. People that the DNC alienates.
DownByTheRiver ago
Identity politics at work. Aspie white security experts don't want to be around fat black dikes.
senpaithatignoresyou ago
I am enjoying the fallout.
It will get worse.
Now everyone has a list of names of people that suck at security, but also have tons of money.
It is a treasure map for every hacker in the world.
This is a death blow to the DNC, and they do not realize how serious it is.