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He called the FBI’s claims of the Kremlin hacking the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman John Podesta a “fallacy”. Speaking to host Larry King on RT America, he said any number of agencies could have been behind any interference. “When the FBI or when any other agency says the Russians did it or the Chinese did something or the Iranians did something – that's a fallacy,” said McAfee. “Any hacker capable of breaking into something is extraordinarily capable of hiding their tracks. If I were the Chinese and I wanted to make it look like the Russians did it I would use Russian language within the code.

RT•GETTY John McAfee has slammed the FBI over Russian hacking claims

I can promise you – if it looks like the Russians did it, then I can guarantee you it was not the Russians John McAfee

“I would use Russian techniques of breaking into organisations so there is simply no way to assign a source for any attack – this is a fallacy.” He argued the report was part of a ploy to “manipulate our opinions”. The computer programmer said: “This is what the FBI and other agencies want us to believe so that they can manipulate our opinions, but I can promise you – if it looks like the Russians did it, then I can guarantee you it was not the Russians.” McAfee said it was no longer possible to keep “secrets” in the online landscape and suggested other countries already had access to classified information.

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