<Thread->. The timing of this bust makes me wonder if these Botnets were involved in attacking the DNC servers or in manipulating search result in an attempt improve the rankings of Trump friendly content in 2016. 1/7. thehill.com/policy/cyberse…
Two Russian-created botnets were taken down. They infected 1.7m personal computers, pretended to be real people, visiting sites and ordering ads from an ad network they created but still charging real advertisers 2/7 buzzfeednews.com/article/craigs… 
Interesting analysis by @welivesecurity shows that one botnet had been dormant before 2016 and both botnets seemed to target US addresses only. 3/7 welivesecurity.com/2018/11/27/3ve…
In October last year, Narativ broke the story that advertisers may have unwittingly supported pro-Trump Russia content and fake news that was amplified by Botnets on Google and YouTube. 4/7 @traciemac_Bmore narativ.org/2017/10/10/goo…
A few months earlier, we revealed that the DNC hack was the central crime in any conspiracy investigation and highlighted the role of a notorious Russian spammer and in the crime. 5/7 narativ.org/2017/05/28/the…
Levashov was arrested in Spain and plead guilty to reduced charges once extradited to the US, where he may have provided information about other hackers. 6/7 justice.gov/opa/pr/russian…
Which leads us to the indictment of 8 Russian nationals who operated two botnets and thousands of fake sites, targeting Americans post 2016 and just as Mueller closes in on Manafort, Corsi and Stone. Naz-do-rovie! /End
