Spammer, veteran of Putin's cyber wars, arrested and associated with the Russian hacking . . .

[JakeStarkey]

. . . of the presidential campaign. The site botted vicious anti-Clinton propaganda out of Macedonia.

The 2016 U.S. election was interfered with by Russians, and one of the ways was fake news, often based in Macedonia, that published rabidly anti-Hillary Clinton news.

Severa is a very successful spammer. One of the top ten in 2009, according to Newsweek, which noted at the time, “7. Pyotr Levashov a.k.a. Peter Severa (Russia) The creator of Trojans and author of spam programs became known to the public last year during a trial of Alan Ralsky’s spam gang from Detroit, the largest in the U.S. Nine others were arrested with Ralsky, but not Severa, who is believed to be living in Russia and still working with hackers.”

Trump's Russia Scandal Returns As Hacker Says He Was Arrested for Virus Linked to Trump's Win

 

[Snouter]

Thanks for the fake news update JakeStarkey and reminding us you still believe fake news Rachel "Blinky" Maddow, the cast of transgender kooks on CNBC, CNN, and of course Shep Smith!

 

[MisterBeale]

Thanks for the fake news update JakeStarkey and reminding us you still believe fake news Rachel "Blinky" Maddow, the cast of transgender kooks on CNBC, CNN, and of course Shep Smith!

 

[playtime]

it's closing in on the charade....

 

[Mousterian]

'Fake News', the automatic response to anything hinting at bad news for Devious Donny
Alleged Spam King Pyotr Levashov Arrested — Krebs on Security

 

[Fenton Lum]

Thanks for the fake news update JakeStarkey and reminding us you still believe fake news Rachel "Blinky" Maddow, the cast of transgender kooks on CNBC, CNN, and of course Shep Smith!

All news is fake unless it tells you what you already feel.

 

[Marion Morrison]

From your link: "
But subsequent updates from Reuters cast doubt on those claims.

“A U.S. Department of Justice official said it was a criminal matter without an apparent national security connection,” Reuters added in an update to an earlier version of its story."

Alleged Spam King Pyotr Levashov Arrested — Krebs on Security

False thread is false. Self-owning link.