And even if it were a Russian hacker, it's a long trip from there to its being a hacker working under orders from the Russian government for the purpose of swaying the US election. Arizona kinda makes sense since it looks like the vote will be close there and it's winner-take all. But why Illinois? There's no way to swing Illinois toward Trump and not get caught. Of course, that assumes that the supposed hack was targeted only at those states, when it's more likely every state was targeted and either only those states had vulnerabilities the hackers could find, or only those states had enough auditing in place to even know they'd been hit. Given the general state of computer security in government, especially state government, databases, my money's on the last one. And the most likely motives are money, embarrassing the government, and lulz. Probably all three. Maybe they were Russian, maybe they were Ukranians pretending to be coming from Russia, or maybe the NSA is pulling a fast one on the FBI.

It's also possible the FBI is simply lying, but then we're back to the problem of why Illinois? If you were going to make up a Russian hack for the purpose of swaying the election, wouldn't you pick likely swing states?