US intelligence analysts feared Russia would dump hacked and forged Burisma emails targeting Biden a

[JonLP24]

US intelligence analysts feared Russia would dump hacked and forged Burisma emails targeting Biden as an 'October surprise,' report says


*US intelligence analysts suspected at least as far back as last month that a mixture of hacked and forged emails from the Ukrainian company Burisma Holdings might be dumped online as an "October surprise," The New York Times reported Wednesday.

*Russian military-intelligence hackers successfully breached Burisma's servers in January, The Times reported earlier this year.

*Wednesday's report said analysts contacted people with knowledge of the hack because they were concerned "the Burisma material would be leaked alongside forged materials in an attempt to hurt" the 2020 Democratic presidential nominee, Joe Biden.

*Earlier Wednesday, the New York Post published an article purporting to feature a "smoking-gun email" between a Burisma executive and Biden's son Hunter.

https://www.businessinsider.com/us-intelligence-analysts-hacked-burisma-emails-russia-october-surprise-2020-10?amp&__twitter_impression=true

[hlthe2b]

1. Business Insider has been doing some very good reporting, at least he past six months...

I can't honestly recall reading them much on general reporting in the past, but kudos if this is a new trend.

[TomCADem]

3. This is not really new. The Subject of Hack/Forge and Leak Op...

...has been discussed by tech companies for awhile given that is what happened in 2016. Of course, Republicans are happy to play along again.

[brush]

2. It's still October. Has the forged email threat been shut down?