Wednesday, January 15, 2020

Russia Hacks Burisma for Trump?


Explosive new report says Russia hacked the Ukrainian company Burisma — most likely to get dirt on the Bidens (from the NY Times
With President Trump facing an impeachment trial over his efforts to pressure Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and his son Hunter Biden, Russian military hackers have been boring into the Ukrainian gas company at the center of the affair, according to security experts.

The hacking attempts against Burisma, the Ukrainian gas company on whose board Hunter Biden served, began in early November, as talk of the Bidens, Ukraine and impeachment was dominating the news in the United States.

It is not yet clear what the hackers found, or precisely what they were searching for. But the experts say the timing and scale of the attacks suggest that the Russians could be searching for potentially embarrassing material on the Bidens — the same kind of information that Mr. Trump wanted from Ukraine when he pressed for an investigation of the Bidens and Burisma, setting off a chain of events that led to his impeachment.

The Russian tactics are strikingly similar to what American intelligence agencies say was Russia’s hacking of emails from Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman and the Democratic National Committee during the 2016 presidential campaign. In that case, once they had the emails, the Russians used trolls to spread and spin the material, and built an echo chamber to widen its effect.

Then, as now, the Russian hackers from a military intelligence unit known formerly as the G.R.U., and to private researchers by the alias “Fancy Bear,” used so-called phishing emails that appear designed to steal usernames and passwords, according to Area 1, the Silicon Valley security firm that detected the hacking. In this instance, the hackers set up fake websites that mimicked sign-in pages of Burisma subsidiaries, and have been blasting Burisma employees with emails meant to look like they are coming from inside the company.

The hackers fooled some of them into handing over their login credentials, and managed to get inside one of Burisma’s servers, Area 1 said.

“The attacks were successful,” said Oren Falkowitz, a co-founder of Area 1, who previously served at the National Security Agency. Mr. Falkowitz’s firm maintains a network of sensors on web servers around the globe — many known to be used by state-sponsored hackers — which gives the firm a front-row seat to phishing attacks, and allows them to block attacks on their customers.

“The timing of the Russian campaign mirrors the G.R.U. hacks we saw in 2016 against the D.N.C. and John Podesta,” the Clinton campaign chairman, Mr. Falkowitz said. “Once again, they are stealing email credentials, in what we can only assume is a repeat of Russian interference in the last election.”

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from the Washington Examiner: Nowhere in the New York Times story nor the Washington Post’s is it mentioned that Falkowitz is providing services to Democrats running for president at no charge. He told me on the phone that Area 1 is charging any candidate $1,337 per year, but campaign donation records show that he donated that exact same amount to the presidential campaigns of Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker. (Falkowitz also gave money to Democratic Rep. Joe Kennedy and Republicans Will Hurd and John Kasich, though both Kasich and Hurd have been Trump critics.)

Nothing like an "expert" hawking product sales and chasing publicity...

About half of the major 2020 presidential candidates are now using Area 1’s services, according to Falkowitz. He says the company has already blocked attempts by foreign governments to break into campaigns’ networks — although he won’t divulge many details.

...or is the "plot" even MORE sinister:

Yesterday’s ridiculous, albeit proactive, New York Times narrative about Russians hacking Burisma now makes sense. Today the Lawfare team (Mary McCord et al) within Adam Schiff’s impeachment crew send additional files of evidence (pdf below) to be included in the impeachment articles constructed by HJC Chairman Jerry Nadler.

I wonder if Area 1 would like to have the Biden 2020 cybersecurity contract...

Meanwhile, in the real world, stupid is as stupid does. Nobody should take these fools seriously.

22 comments:

The Prophet Dervish Z Sanders said...

It worked the last time, why wouldn't they do it again? I've heard that the Burisma hacked info will be leaked and fake documents will be inserted "implicating" the Bidens. The "proof" that the Ukraine conspiracy is "real" is coming. Just in time for the election. Stupid IS as stupid does. And nobody should take these fools seriously. Yet you will.

-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jew said...

lol! Adam Schiff's new BFF, felon Lev Parnas, is being suborned for perjury ala Gen Mike Flynn and is showing up on Jerry Nadler's impeachment data lists.

Fool us once, shame on you, fool us twice...

The Prophet Dervish Z Sanders said...

Lev Parnas is Rudy's Russian propaganda connection. The Democrats want the truth from him, not perjury. The collusion continues but the truth is being revealed slowly. Drip, drip, drip. Hopefully it will come in time to stop Putin and Dotard from stealing the 2020 election.

-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jew said...

How does offering a reduction in sentencing on an unrelated election charge NOT suborn perjury? lol!

-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jew said...

btw - Does he have any evidence other than notes to himself for long-past meetings made after getting arrested? lol!

The Prophet Dervish Z Sanders said...

I just heard that Parnas is going to be on Rachel Maddow's show tonight. I'll be tuning in. Clearly you are worried about what he knows. This is the SAME playbook your side follows in regards to all who tell the truth about their Dotard dealings (Flynn and Cohen).

Clearly you don't understand how exchanging TRUTHFUL testimony for a sentence reduction works. If the cooperating witness says something that does not line up with known facts (i.e. they fabricate what they think the law wants to know) it will be discovered. In your mind EVERYONE lies because that is what Dotard does (to him lying is simply a tool to get what he wants). There are people who have dedicated themselves to the truth. But I wouldn't expect you to understand such a motivation.

-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jew said...

I welcome the testimony of Rudy Giuliani on Biden/ Yovanovitch corruption. I understand that she's upset that the Deep State may have surveilled her whilst in Ukraine. Isn't that what it does, spy on foreign countries and collect the data for FBI Contractors to play with? lol!

-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jew said...

Did Rudy "unmask" her? BWAH!

-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jew said...

:)


Judicial Watch has obtained information indicating Yovanovitch may have violated laws and government regulations by ordering subordinates to target certain U.S. persons using State Department resources.

Yovanovitch reportedly ordered monitoring keyed to the following search terms: Biden, Giuliani, Soros and Yovanovitch. Judicial Watch has filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the State Department and will continue gathering facts from government sources.




Prior to being recalled as ambassador to Ukraine in the spring Yovanovitch reportedly created a list of individuals who were to be monitored via social media and other means. Ukraine embassy staff made the request to the Washington D.C. headquarters office of the department’s Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs.

After several days, Yovanovitch’s staff was informed that the request was illegal and the monitoring either ceased or was concealed via the State Department Global Engagement Center, which has looser restrictions on collecting information.

The Prophet Dervish Z Sanders said...

Quote: Founded in 1994, JW has primarily targeted Democrats, in particular the Presidency of Bill Clinton, the Presidency of Barack Obama, and Hillary Clinton. The organization has described climate science as "fraud science" and has filed lawsuits against government climate scientists. JW has made numerous false and unsubstantiated claims that have been picked up by right-wing news outlets. Courts have dismissed the vast majority of its lawsuits. [end quote].

Now you're confused about who is in your imaginary "deep state"? LOL. Too many lies to keep straight.

Joe Conservative said...

Citizens can monitor whoever they want. :)

The Prophet Dervish Z Sanders said...

There are laws against stalking.

Thersites said...

Did the ambassador have a restraining order? lol!

The Prophet Dervish Z Sanders said...

LOL!

Quote: Ukraine has opened a criminal investigation into allies of President Trump, following reports that they had the United States ambassador under surveillance while she was stationed in Kyiv, the Ukrainian government said on Thursday [1/16/2019].

Joe Conservative said...

Sounds like you approve of their interference in the 2020 election, then... LOL!

The Prophet Dervish Z Sanders said...

I never "approve" of things that didn't happen.

Joe Conservative said...

Ukraine didn't launch an investigation into Trump allies? Who knew?

Joe Conservative said...

Can we impeach all the Democratic politicians who appealed to Ukraine for an investigation now?

The Prophet Dervish Z Sanders said...

Paul Manafort joined the Dotard campaign SPECIFICALLY to interfere on behalf of Putin. So what you're arguing is that it's interference to object to interference. Also, crimes committed earlier by someone who later joins a political campaign can't be investigated. I doubt that would be your position of the criminal joined a Democratic campaign. Get bent.

The Prophet Dervish Z Sanders said...

Correction: We KNOW this isn't your position. Given the fact that Joe Biden is running for president and Dotard wants him investigated (based on Russian fabricated BS). Shouldn't he be IMMUNE from any such investigations? That IS what you JUST argued, hypocrite.

Joe Conservative said...

Paul Manafort joined the Dotard campaign SPECIFICALLY to interfere on behalf of Putin.

He's been charged with espionage? When did THAT happen?

The Prophet Dervish Z Sanders said...

Crimes you get away with were never crimes to begin with? Who knew?