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FBI reviewed cybersecurity firm’s evidence in 2016 DNC election hack​


CLAIM: The FBI only relied on the word of a cybersecurity firm, CrowdStrike, to determine that Russia hacked the emails of the Democratic National Committee.

AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. CrowdStrike provided forensic evidence and analysis for the FBI to review during its investigation into a 2016 hack of DNC emails.

THE FACTS: Social media posts are wrongly claiming that the FBI failed to review evidence in the hack of the DNC’s computer network before concluding that Russia was responsible for the breach.


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The claims circulated widely on Twitter and Facebook after the White House released a rough transcript of a July phone call President Donald Trump had with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in which he asked Zelenskiy to investigate CrowdStrike.

CrowdStrike is the private U.S.-cybersecurity firm that first helped the DNC identify the malware on its system in 2016 and later traced it back to Russia. The company has identified hacks for major clients that also include the National Republican Congressional Committee and U.S. government.


The FBI never took physical hold of the DNC’s computer system. Instead, it reviewed a wide range of computer forensic evidence provided by CrowdStrike, which is common practice in such investigations.

“With regards to our investigation of the DNC hack in 2016, we provided all forensic evidence and analysis to the FBI,” the firm said in an emailed statement to The Associated Press. “As we’ve stated before, we stand by our findings and conclusions that have been fully supported by the US intelligence community.”


When Assange leaked the DNC emails the democrats immediately claimed Russians hacked the system and stole the emails. Democrats evented the elusive 'Guccifer 2' the day after the leak so he could be blamed for the leak while they sought evidence of his existence and proof of his blame. The DNC, however, never allowed the FBI to examine the computers but instead hired the democrat firm CrowdStrike to do the investigation. In spite of being intimately connected to democrat operations the owner of CrowdStrike told Congress under oath that they could never determine whether or not the emails had been hacked or had been stolen from inside the DNC by someone like Seth Rich.

Here are excerpts from CrowdStrike's sworn testimony before the House in December 2017:

iTWire - CrowdStrike chief admits no proof that Russia exfiltrated DNC emails

Wednesday, 13 May 2020 10:01

CrowdStrike chief admits no proof that Russia exfiltrated DNC emails

Asked by the head of the committee, Adam Schiff, when the emails from the DNC were exfiltrated, Henry replied: "We did not have concrete evidence that data was exfiltrated from the DNC, but we have indicators that it was exfiltrated."

And in response to another query, Henry said: "There are times when we can see data exfiltrated, and we can say conclusively. But in this case, it appears it was set up to be exfiltrated, but we just don't have the evidence that says it actually left."

Numerous stories in media organs around the world have claimed that the DNC emails were handed to WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange, but Henry's statements cast serious doubts on that.

On his part, Assange has always said that while a foreign power may have been involved in the DNC breach, the emails which WikiLeaks released in the run-up to the election were not given to the organisation by Russia or any state-actors.
 
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