You probably haven’t been able to confirm it because it’s not true. John Podesta was spear-phished by Russians, as was an unnamed DCCC staffer via which Russians were able to install key-loggers on the DNC network. It goes without saying that spear-phishing indicates a targeted attack (by Russia against the DNC), and not somebody randomly finding an unlocked door.
I think they got in through spear phishing a high level DNC member (whose name escapes me). That is, they sent this guy specifically tailored e-mails and fooled him into downloading malware.
Spear phishing is different than normal phishing in that it’s targeting a specific person, rather than “Dear bank customre, your acount has been compromised. Click here to reset your pasword.” It’s more like, “RitterSport – we just saw those pictures you posted on Facebook and your family looks great! You should check out these pictures from our recent vacation – I think you’d enjoy them. --Close friend of RS”
ETA: D’oh, ninja’d.
Like I said in the post you quoted, blame doesn’t have to add up to 100% between multiple parties. If you’re doing something illicit then you’re 100% in the wrong. That doesn’t absolve what the other person has done. They can be to blame, as well, anywhere from 0 to 100%.
It’s always a crime to break into someone else’s account. There’s no case where somehow that’s not a crime, just as there’s no amount of clothing that a woman needs to wear or else it’s okay to rape her. But despite the ‘victim cannot be blamed’ theory, that doesn’t absolve the victim if they were grossly stupid. Living your life with the expectation that everyone else will behave is not wise, but prosecuting people as though everyone should be able to live with that expectation is completely fair.
But at least we got his risotto recipe out of it.
The better analogy is if someone has a bodyguard, and is kidnapped (or raped or whatever) because the bodyguard wasn’t paying attention, you criminally blame the perpetrator, but you also fire the bodyguard. If it turns out the bodyguard had a history of inattentiveness, it might reflect badly on whomever hired them.
Ultimately-none. The fault lies with the hackers who were deliberately committing an illegal act. The Russians were trying to help TRUMP get elected, not Clinton. To try to blame Clinton is ridiculous.
Thank you for that. Good thing I didn’t use it much. <Shortens his list of Dumb Things Democrats have Done>
The rise of Nazism started under the Weimar Republic therefore it is entirely their fault and Hitler was blameless.
As to the OP, they are as much to blame as someone who left home with their door locked but still had their house broken into while they were a way. Yes, it might have helped to invest in better security measures, but you live in learn. In any case they are less to blame than the person who actually did the breaking in, and still less than those that knowingly received the stolen property.