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Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)
Mon Jan 13, 2020, 08:22 PM Jan 2020

Clint Watts on Burisma hack: "No surprise. To be expected."



Clint Watts ✔ @selectedwisdom

No surprise. To be expected. As discussed with our #FIE2020 - Russia hacking probability vis-a-vis Biden. #1 Ukraine-Burisma-Hunter Biden #2 Biden health

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/13/us/politics/russian-hackers-burisma-ukraine.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
Offices in Kiev of a subsidiary of the Ukrainian energy company Burisma. Security experts suggest the hackers may have been looking for damaging information on Joe Biden.
Russians Hacked Ukrainian Gas Company at Center of Impeachment
The timing and scale of the attacks suggest the Russians may be looking for the same kind of damaging information on Joe Biden that President Trump wanted from Ukraine, security experts say.


Clint Watts ✔ @selectedwisdom

Russia’s decision of who and when to hack (Biden - top priority) can be measured and mitigated, based on the frequencies & narratives Kremlin discusses. Here’s an estimate of their hacking decision - 29 Dec ‘19

https://www.fpri.org/fie/russia-hacking-election-2020/


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Clint Watts on Burisma hack: "No surprise. To be expected." (Original Post) Dennis Donovan Jan 2020 OP
Even if Putin didn't find anything... TheRealNorth Jan 2020 #1
Maybe intent was not to find.. FormerOstrich Jan 2020 #2
That could be possible too TheRealNorth Jan 2020 #3
K&R bdamomma Jan 2020 #4

TheRealNorth

(9,500 posts)
1. Even if Putin didn't find anything...
Mon Jan 13, 2020, 08:47 PM
Jan 2020

Wikileaks or whatever Trump-allied portal will be sure to make things up should Biden win the nomination.

It will be impossible to stop that, but what we have to do is fight against anyone in the media (MSM AND Social media) that perpetuates the misinformation.

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