McAfee Anti-Virus Founder Weighs in on Russia Hacking Claims

[John] McAfee is no stranger to cybersecurity. As the developer of the first commercial antivirus program, he has been a major player in the industry for the past 50 years. He is also the CEO of MGT Capital Investments, and an outspoken former presidential candidate for the Libertarian Party.

Based on all of his experience, McAfee does not believe that Russians were behind the hacks on the Democratic National Committee (DNC), John Podesta’s emails, and the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign. As he told RT, “if it looks like the Russians did it, then I can guarantee you it was not the Russians.”

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I don't know what a guarantee from John McAfee is worth. His software program wasn't the best. Hopefully, it's improved. But, I'd be inclined to agree with him on this: if it looks like the Russians, it's probably not. It's more likely a set-up. Also, there haven't been any new revelations to counter the objections to the claim yet.

The Joint Analysis Report from the FBI contains an appendix that lists hundreds of IP addresses that were supposedly “used by Russian civilian and military intelligence services.” While some of those IP addresses are from Russia, the majority are from all over the world, which means that the hackers constantly faked their location.

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“If I was the Chinese and I wanted to make it look like the Russians did it, I would use Russian language within the code, I would use Russian techniques of breaking into the organization,” McAfee said, adding that, in the end, “there simply is no way to assign a source for any attack.”

Now THAT is, I believe accurate and key. And don't forget, the reason the hack into John Podesta's emails was successful is that he clicked on a phishing link - something any halfway savvy person this day and age knows not to do. That's a very low-level method of hacking. It barely rises to the level of hacking.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.