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Breaking! Important press conference of the Dutch Defense ministry relating to "Russian Espionage Activities"...in half hour..
Understood to disclose new info on GRU espionage related to both Spietz lab and ...maybe...MH17
Here's a place you can watch it: rtlnieuws.nl/nieuws/nederla…
The press conference is joint with the UK
On 13 April, Dutch military intelligence disrupted a GRU operation against OPCW at the Hague
4 Russian GRU officers were identified in a hacking operation
..in a joint operation with other partners...further evidence found found that the laptop of one of the GRU officers was also used in hacking operations in Brazili, and Malaysia - in connection with MH17!!!
...also in Switzerland. Received and shared information from US DOJ in August, The Dutch and its international partners will make certain GRU stops its activities. They will identify the 4 GRU officers now
"This is an unusual moment when we must disclose details of a secret operations. The GRU deployed hacking equipment in proximity to the WIFI network of OPCW..."""
arrived April 10 on diplomatic passports. 
These were the four undercover GRU officers
On April 13 they parked their rented Citroen as close as possible to the OPCW building with back toward it
...from the parking of the Marriott hotel, they tried to disrupt the OPCW network which was at that time working on the Skripal and the Dhouma analysis..
When they got busted they had the following phone units, which they tried to destroy. They said they were on vacation. Had cash in excess of 20 k on them
The numbers of the passports as you may have noticed, were sequential :) :)
One of the phones was identified to have been activated for the first time in Moscow near GRU's office..on 9th April
One of them had a taxi receipt...from the day of the trip to NL...travelling from the GRU high-tech HQ (where hacking on the DNC server was conducted),...to Sheremetievo airport
At least one of them also traveled to Switzerland during the WADA congress
"The GRU is in the Netherlands. They focus on the Netherlands because so many international organizations are based here. We will not allow them to disrupt them"
"One of the GRU officers , Evgeniy Serbryakov, also conducted malign activity in Malaysia...targeted Chief Prosecutor's office and Police..."
The Dutch prevented the group from travelling to Spietz in Switzerland...However, that was not the first time they went there. During the APT-28 malware attack on WADA in 2016, one of the laptops of the 4 was registered to the hotel network where WADA congress was held
In March, right after Salisbury, GRU tried to infiltrate UK police via spear-phishing. In April, GRU attacked remotely computers of UK dealing with the poison analysis , and in May, attacked OPCW employees via spear-rphishing.
UK "We will shine a light on GRU activities, and will expose their methods, and share this with our allies. THe GRU can only succeed in the shadows. We will expose it to the light together"
The FBI/DOJ will today make a separate press conference identifying further GRU activities on US territory.
Q: "How can you explain that the GRU makes such idiotic mistakes, such as consecutive numbers and a taxi receipt?"
A: "GRU is a serious adversary...You must address competence questions to them in Russia:"
A: "GRU is a serious adversary...You must address competence questions to them in Russia:"
Q: Will further sanctions be imposed on Russia?"
A: "Further measures will be imposed, what they are , will depend on our consultation with EU"
A: "Further measures will be imposed, what they are , will depend on our consultation with EU"
Q: "Was the target the OPCW due to the Salisbury investigation?"
A: "We can't be sure what the underlying target was. The network of OPCW was targeted during a period when both Skripal and Dhouma cases were under investigation there"
A: "We can't be sure what the underlying target was. The network of OPCW was targeted during a period when both Skripal and Dhouma cases were under investigation there"
Dutch minister confirmed that the 4 GRU officers were deported back to Moscow.
Q: Was there a connection of these 4 people and the 2 men ID'd by @bellingcat
A: We have identified that these 4 worked on disrupting the OPCW work which was also related to the Skripal case.
A: We have identified that these 4 worked on disrupting the OPCW work which was also related to the Skripal case.
The 4 will be indicted by US DOJ at 15:30 Dutch time.
This tweet of mine from July sounds very pertinent today
