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Wendy Siegelman
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Tech Firm in Steele Dossier May Have Been Used by Russian Spies

A report by former FBI cyberexpert unsealed in federal court in Miami found evidence suggesting Russian agents used Gubarev's networks to start hacking op during 2016 campaign, by @AllMattNYT nytimes.com/2019/03/14/us/…
While Gubarev says he wasn't knowingly involved, his web hosting companies were reportedly used by Russian hackers Fancy Bear & Cozy Bear; by the Russian cyberfraud op known as the methbot scheme; by Russian agents in a 2015 assault on Ukraine’s power grid
nytimes.com/2019/03/14/us/…
Tech Company In Steele Dossier May Have Been Used To Support DNC Hack - Report by ex-FBI cyber-security official was filed in federal court by BuzzFeed News in its defense against lawsuit over publication of the dossier, by @kenbensinger @a_cormier_ @azeen buzzfeednews.com/article/kenben…
Here's the link to the private intelligence report unsealed in the case of Aleksej Gubarev, XBT Holdings and Webzilla vs Buzzfeed and Ben Smith
documentcloud.org/documents/5770…
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Wendy Siegelman
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This article has some good info on Trump's data driven 2020 campaign led by Brad Parscale

But how can article on Parscale the digital director NOT mention Cambridge Analytica once?

Or the Russian troll farm & vast social media manipulation in 2016?

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Maddow Blog
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"A report by a former F.B.I. cyberexpert unsealed in a federal court in Miami found evidence that suggests Russian agents used networks operated by Mr. Gubarev to start their hacking operation during the 2016 presidential campaign."
nytimes.com/2019/03/14/us/…
"... the report’s suggestions of a link between Mr. Gubarev and Russian hacking is likely to spur new demands for renewed investigations..."
This is that unredacted report: int.nyt.com/data/documenth…

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Polly Sigh
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NEW: Networks operated by Gubarev, the Steele dossier claimed, were used in the hacking operation of the 2016 campaign. A report by a former FBI cyberexpert unsealed in federal court indicates Russian spies used Gubarev's networks to do just that.
#Maddow nyti.ms/2FaN4TD
Evidence cited by the unsealed report included the use of IP addresses run by Russian military intelligence [GRU] hackers, Fancy Bear & Cozy Bear and the IP address of Root SA, which was used in the hack of John Podesta's email.
by @AllMattNYT #Maddow
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Josh Russell
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I have tweeted a lot about webzilla and WZ communications.

Tech Firm in Steele Dossier May Have Been Used by Russian Spies nyti.ms/2FaN4TD
Same companies involved in this buzzfeednews.com/article/holger…
Older thread about those sites.
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Arapaho415
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@kelly2277 @ThomasS4217 <Thread>
1/ Tech-stuff is completely over my head, but a few observations on how this indictment is related to hack of DNC servers in 2016 (per #SteeleDossier). h/t @PortlusGlam
"McClatchy tied these guys to tech firm in Steele dossier through the Methbot"
@kelly2277 @ThomasS4217 @PortlusGlam 2/ One portion of @EDNYnews press release about the unsealing of this 13-count indictment is dedicated to:
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Louise Mensch
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Another smart comment by @AshaRangappa_ - as she points out, Trump was told in "late July or August 2016" the Russians would try to penetrate his campaign.

Why then? What prompted that warning?

Well, in July 2016, @CarterWPage took a little trip to Moscow.
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watchful one
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reportedly, the guy who wrote the 'golden shower' dossier - here pictured with John McCain dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4…
. hmm.. recall: dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4…
. so Christopher Steele first passed the info to the FBI and then John McCain passed the same info - but both from same source?
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