@JaapTitulaer @ronaldgrf @DawsonSField @bleidl @Dust_Off70 I think that the base case has to be that DCCC hack was discovered later. It seems to have been discovered in late June when they noticed that donations link had been hacked to divert donations to actblues[.com. As an editorial comment (not new to you), Mueller provided no
@JaapTitulaer @ronaldgrf @DawsonSField @bleidl @Dust_Off70 2/ no explanation or theory as to why Fancy Bear, if engaged in supersecret mission on Putin's behalf, was dicking around trying to embezzle online Dem donations. In my re-reading of descriptions of hacking techniques of Cozy Bear and Fancy Bear, I get the impression that
@JaapTitulaer @ronaldgrf @DawsonSField @bleidl @Dust_Off70 3/ Cozy Bear techniques were more sophisticated than Fancy Bear (e.g. using vulnerable but innocent websites for C&C, rather than setting up infrastructure; breaking exfiltration into discreet packets rather than noisy giant files). Only an impression, not an expert opinion.
@JaapTitulaer @ronaldgrf @DawsonSField @bleidl @Dust_Off70 4/ I also get sense of Fancy Bear malware as being more connected to ordinary crimeware - a point that I noticed in some technical literature on FB prior to DNC hack, but muted afterwards. Is it possible that FB was "ordinary" criminal activity, Cozy Bear a discreet hack
@JaapTitulaer @ronaldgrf @DawsonSField @bleidl @Dust_Off70 5/ by Russian intel which observed "conventions" on not taking public? G2 sure seems like a false flag by someone, but I remain skeptical of theories proposed so far.
