Sunday, February 18, 2018

Hacking University of St. Petersburg

The Watcher
       Well, children, it seems that certain folks in Washington, D.C. are doing their jobs.  Just last Thursday, indictments were handed out to a number of Russyans.  This group of 13 political operatives were working overtly and covertly to disrupt the US Presidential elections of 2016.  The narrow victory of Donald Trump shocked not only worldwide observers, but also Americans in general and Democratic voters in particular(not to mention Hillary Clinton and her husband, former resident, Bill).
      The sordid tale of state-sponsored dirty tricks by the hackers in St. Petersburg underscore the continued efforts on the part of the Kremlin to sow chaos in the West.  This sad attempt at improving the status of Russya worldwide in reality  only serves to highlight the social and political inadequacies of a nation, especially on the international stage.
   Let's look at the list of those indicted:
1.  Yevgeny Prigozhin, 56
2. Mikhail I. Bystov, 59
3. Mikhail L. Burchik, 31
4.Anna V. Bogacheva
5. Alexsandra Y. Krylova
6. Sergey P. Polozov
7. Marin A. Bovda
8. Robt. S. Bovda
9. Dzheykhun N.O. Aslanov
10. Irina V. Kavevzina
11/ Vadim V. Podkopaev
12. Gleb I. Vasilchenko
13. Vladimir Venkov

       So there's the list given to the press as part of the uncovering of the indictment in the US.  Who are these sorry subjects?  Why, just peace =loving Russyans who live in St. Petersburg and who are trying to make a living by hacking.  Hmmm.  Has anybody told them this type of work can harm others?
Let's have a closer look at those indicted.
     Yevgeny Prigozhin is an ex-convict.  He also sold hotdogs, lots of them.  That profession gave rise to his nickname-"Putin's Cook".  He's also received government contracts worth $3.1 billion dollars.  Not bad for a hotdog salesman.
Mikhail I. Bystrov, retired St. Petersburg police colonel.  His address is the same as the Internet Research Agency, a haven for cyberspies.
Mikhail L. Burchi, he was a subject of a NY Times Mag interview when he denied everythingrelated to the spy research agency.
Anna Bogacheva and her partner, Alexsandra Krylova, visited the US under false pretenses.  They traveled around the US, looking over many important states, such as California and New York.  Ms. Krylova is the No.3 person at the spy/troll farm.  She also is a former head of the Federal News Agency, a government controlled outlet for misinformation.
Sergey Polozov runs a company called Morkov, started in 2013.
Robert Bovda and Marin Bovda ran a project involving social media sites, employing hundreds of people, and spent $1.2 million a month by July, 2016.
Dzheykhun Aslanov was in charge of American section at the troll farm.  He's a 20-something.  Records indicate he funneled money to the troll farm from an organization called Azimut

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