• curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 months ago

      You were downvoted, but I’m assuming that’s from folks unaware of the context. To add to your comment…

      100% there was a hack. What is not known is who did the hacking, which the Trump Campaign claims was Iran, referencing a Microsoft report that a spear phishing email went to an official in a presidential campaign back in June.

      There has been no independent verification that it was Iran, and no further details (afaik) provided by the campaign that would show this to be Iran.

      The news did break the story about the hack, but not about Iran being the perpetrators, because that is still unsubstantiated.

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        2 months ago

        Partially agree, but your “100% hack” claim is also not substantiated anywhere that I’ve seen? I think what you meant to say is that it’s 100% sure that the campaign documents were SOMEHOW obtained by people outside the campaign. 1000 ways that could have actually happened though.

        There is a very real chance that this is just a leak from the Trump campaign itself, an “oops, oh no…” moment because Vance favorability rating is tanking dramatically and he has become a literal national joke. Could be a disgruntled subject inside the campaign who didn’t like the pick (no honor among thrives) or trump/inner circle himself leaking this to make a VP change inevitable, “LOOK WHAT IRAN MADE ME DO!”

        There is no 100% here, ESPECIALLY whenever trump is central - that’s their entire thing… unstable ambiguity to keep you unsure and always questioning of actual reality.

  • AllOutOfBubbleGum@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I still remember watching that live, and how shocked I was that he said it, and then being equally surprised that it wasn’t being heavily covered by the major news networks that day.