If you still have any doubts as to how the American intelligence community could be so certain that Russia is behind the hacking, just ask Edward Snowden. <\/p>\n
Back in July, the former NSA contractor-turned-whistleblower sent out a pair of tweets explaining not only how the NSA could have evidence proving that the Russian government orchestrated the attacks, but also why they wouldnt want to come forward about it. <\/p>\n
In addition to discussing how his firsthand knowledge of NSA tracking of hacks, one of Snowdens leaked documents also identified how the NSA had traced Russian hacks in the past. <\/p>\n
When American citizen Anna Politkovskaya was gunned down in her Moscow apartment in 2006 after writing articles critical of Vladimir Putin, five men were convicted of her murder. But the mystery is who ordered her killing, according to The Huffington Post. Snowden revealedthatPolitkovskayas email had been hacked by Russian intelligence with malicious software. Using intercept signals that identified the source of the attack, the NSA was able to demonstrate not only that it knew Russian intelligence was responsible for the hacking, but that it could in general track cyberattacks perpetrated by the Russian government. <\/p>\n
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