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Old 05-09-2018, 02:32 PM
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Originally Posted by finnbow View Post
Even though the GOP is in denial about Russia monkeying around in our elections, it ends up the very same Russians who diddled in our election posed as ISIS and threatened military wives.

"We know everything about you, your husband and your children," the Facebook message continued, claiming that the hackers operating under the flag of Islamic State militants had penetrated her computer and her phone. "We're much closer than you can even imagine."

Ricketts was one of five military wives who received death threats from the self-styled CyberCaliphate on the morning of Feb. 10, 2015. The warnings led to days of anguished media coverage of Islamic State militants' online reach.

Except it wasn't IS.

The Associated Press has found evidence that the women were targeted not by jihadists but by the same Russian hacking group that intervened in the American election and exposed the emails of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign chairman, John Podesta.


https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/201...s-spouses.html
First of all, this report doesn't appear to be conclusive, and appears to be based on the AP story:

The Associated Press has found evidence that the women were targeted not by jihadists but by the same Russian hacking group that intervened in the American election and exposed the emails of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign chairman, John Podesta.

I don't see anywhere in this story that AP's claims have been corroborated or are being investigated by law enforcement.

The AP evidence might be legit. If it is legit, then it needs to be investigated by law enforcement. Making threats over the internet is illegal, at least in the US.

If it is one coming from one of the Russian troll farms, good luck prosecuting it. I'd be surprised if the Russian gov't would be cooperative.
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