Elizabeth Weise

USATODAY

SAN FRANCISCO — Donald Trump’s theory that the Democratic National Committee hack could have been the work of a 400-pound hacker or China directly contradicts the U.S. intelligence community, but more importantly, it gave the tech world its favorite hashtag for Monday night’s debate.

Both Trump and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton were asked about cyber attacks, who’s behind them and how they should be fought.

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Clinton noted that Russia has been named as the likely source of the attacks that released embarrassing files from the DNC.

Trump, who has expressed admiration for Russian president Vladimir Putin, was not convinced.

“I mean, it could be Russia, but it could also be China. It could also be lots of other people. It also could be somebody sitting on their bed that weighs 400 pounds, OK? You don’t know who broke in to DNC,” he said.

The tag "400poundhacker" trended briefly on Twitter and even became somewhat a rallying cry. And of course, it also had its own Twitter account.

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