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Yeah, but that doesn't say what you think it says:

> Cybersecurity writers, such as Ben Buchanan and Kevin Poulsen, were skeptical of [the false flag theories]. Poulsen wrote, "The leaked catalog isn't organized by country of origin, and the specific malware used by the Russian DNC hackers is nowhere on the list."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vault_7#False_flag_theories




It doesn't take CIA tools to change the properties of a Word document though


Even if that one hack was carried out by Russia, the CIA still have tools to create false flag attacks.




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