RCP Ties Whistleblower To Alfa Bank Claims
A week ago, we offered some analysis on the whistleblower report released by ODNI, suggesting it tied into the Alfa Bank allegations, using a few clues in the report. After our report, Walkafyre found a citation to a Sussmann trial filing within the whistleblower’s report, suggesting a connection.
Tonight, Paul Sperry is reporting that some of the whistleblower claims, which included observations of potential spoofing in late 2016, do in fact relate to the Alfa Bank allegations, or at least the cyber researchers associated with them.
This is a bombshell report raising serious questions about why he was unable to connect to the Durham team, and could create new pressure to re-investigate the claims, which the CIA found not “technically plausible” and the data “user-created.”
Keep a close eye on this one.
I still keep thinking about one researcher saying something to the effect of you don’t know the half of it. Makes me feel like there is something very deep in what went on and perhaps maybe we might learn a bit more. Keep up the great work.
“In this paper, we explore the viability and implications of an alternative method for addressing law enforcements need to access communications: legalized hacking of target devices through existing vulnerabilities in end-user software and platforms. The FBI already uses this approach on a small scale; we expect that its use will increase, especially as centralized wiretapping capabilities become less viable.
https://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/njtip/vol12/iss1/1/