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To: Bonefish who wrote (949818)	7/25/2016 6:08:34 PM
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As Democrats Gather, a Russian Subplot Raises Intrigue By DAVID E. SANGER and NICOLE PERLROTHJULY 24, 2016 Continue reading the main story Share This Page "Proving the source of a cyberattack is notoriously difficult. But researchers have concluded that the national committee was breached by two Russian intelligence agencies, which were the same attackers behind previous Russian cyberoperations at the White House, the State Department and the Joint Chiefs of Staff last year. And metadata from the released emails suggests that the documents passed through Russian computers. Though a hacker claimed responsibility for giving the emails to WikiLeaks, the same agencies are the prime suspects. Whether the thefts were ordered by Mr. Putin, or just carried out by apparatchiks who thought they might please him, is anyone’s guess."

To: Bonefish who wrote (949818)	7/25/2016 6:21:34 PM
From: Wharf Rat	2 Recommendations Recommended By Don Hurst J_F_Shepard Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574101

Not just the DNC. He didn't hack the RNC, tho, cuz he wants his pawn to win. Exclusive: Suspected Russian hack of DNC widens — includes personal email of staffer researching Manafort Michael Isikoff Chief Investigative Correspondent July 25, 2016 Just weeks after she started preparing opposition research files on Donald Trump’s campaign chairman Paul Manafort last spring, Democratic National Committee consultant Alexandra Chalupa got an alarming message when she logged into her personal Yahoo email account. “Important action required,” read a pop-up box from a Yahoo security team that is informally known as “the Paranoids.” “We strongly suspect that your account has been the target of state-sponsored actors.” Chalupa — who had been drafting memos and writing emails about Manafort’s connection to pro-Russian political leaders in Ukraine — quickly alerted top DNC officials. “Since I started digging into Manafort, these messages have been a daily occurrence on my Yahoo account despite changing my password often,” she wrote in a May 3 email to Luis Miranda, the DNC’s communications director, which included an attached screengrab of the image of the Yahoo security warning.... yahoo.com