"The malware sample is old, widely used and appears to be Ukrainian. It has no apparent relationship with Russian intelligence and it would be an indicator of compromise for any website."
The black hats obviously got to Wordfence after they published the report exposing the Russia lie, because I remember they made some stealth edits to the article, but the key points are still there. It was Ukrainian malware, not Russian.
"Someone working in the EDT time zone with a computer directly connected to the DNC server ... copied 1,976 MegaBytes of data in 87 seconds onto an external storage device. That speed is many times faster than what is physically possible with a hack."
Here's a link from Wordfence (cybersecurity experts) showing analysis proving the malware was Ukrainian:
https://archive.is/auBA3
This is a key sentence from the summary:
"The malware sample is old, widely used and appears to be Ukrainian. It has no apparent relationship with Russian intelligence and it would be an indicator of compromise for any website."
The black hats obviously got to Wordfence after they published the report exposing the Russia lie, because I remember they made some stealth edits to the article, but the key points are still there. It was Ukrainian malware, not Russian.
Also, you didn't ask for this specifically, but here's a link explaining how the DNC emails were leaked by a DNC insider, they weren't hacked.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-24/nsa-officials-and-computer-expert-forensic-evidence-proves-dnc-emails-were-leaked-no
Perhaps the most significant quote is:
"Someone working in the EDT time zone with a computer directly connected to the DNC server ... copied 1,976 MegaBytes of data in 87 seconds onto an external storage device. That speed is many times faster than what is physically possible with a hack."