That was actually proven to be a planted ping between both servers which were both hacked.
The Trump Server and The Russian Server.
Let that sink in.
The ping was set up like one would erect a light house as a signal.
That's all it did. Nothing else. Whoever planted it and set it up on both servers did not bother with any data on either server nor copy any data on either server nor set up any applications or services or surveillance on either server!
Think about that for a minute...
Ping....here I am.
Ping...look over here.
Ping....hey you!
Ping...you should look at this...!!!!
Ping
Ping
Ping
Ping
Now ....isn't that interesting?
If you are President Trump... and you were doing something shady with The Russians no way in Hell would you regularly ping a Russian Server at a Russian Bank like that for the sole purpose of attracting the attention of The Intelligence Community.
No other communications or transactions took place. Just a consistent ping to alert someone's attention to it.
The Russian Bank who's Server was hacked is asking The United States
to investigate this which is an Unprecedented Request!
Why would someone want to plant a simple ping between a Trump Tower server and a Russian Bank Server?
Who would do this? Someone with a private IT Contractor\Hacker, or some agency or person in an agency with an ax to grind?
Why plant a ping that did absolutely nothing but draw attention to itself?
Trump computers communicating with Russian bank (verified and still ongoing) likely helped trigger this.