Report: Tech Company In Steele Dossier May Have Been Used To Support DNC Hack

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The report by a former top FBI cyber-security official was filed in federal court by BuzzFeed News in its defense against a lawsuit over the publication of the dossier.

Web infrastructure owned by a Russian internet entrepreneur named in the Christopher Steele dossier may have been used to support the hack on the Democratic National Committee during the 2016 election,That same infrastructure may also have been used in spearfishing attempts on John Podesta, chairman of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, according to the report.

Ferrante reported that XBT’s infrastructure had technical links to Fancy Bear — one of the two main espionage groups that US intelligence agencies have identified as conducting the attacks at the Democratic Party leadership.

 

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Funny, computer analyst have repeatedly stated that the DNC hack had to be done from within. Based off the amount of info that was pulled, it would have been nearly impossible to get that much info from such a distance. And the DNC refused the FBI permission to look into server

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This dossier keeps getting more and more accurate. Fascinating!

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