Louise Mensch has developed evidence that Wikileaks is an FSB/GRU front

[GliderGuider]

And that the Russian server has the ability to deanonymize and track those who communicate with it. So it's a Kompromat tool.

Here are her conclusions:

Wikileaks Hands “Keys” to Putin’s Russian Hacker – Readers, Leakers Tracked

* Wikileaks has handed Chayanov access to everything stored on its site and servers

* The Russian hacker and spammer can ‘monitor traffic’

* He can tell who is reading anything on the Wikileaks site anywhere in the world

* The Russian hacker has access to all documents that have been sent to Wikileaks

* He can probably bust the anonymity of any computer or user who thought they were anonymously donating to Wikileaks

* It is not reasonable to suggest that this hacker is other than linked with Russia’s GRU – if he has it, they have it

* Through Julian Assange and his website, it appears that the Russian hacker and his government can track any readers of the Wikileaks site and any donors of material to it, thus allowing Russia to ‘blackmail’ anyone who ‘sent secrets’ to Wikileaks as a ‘whistleblower’.

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Makes perfect sense. Assange hates and fears Clinton. Putin hates and fears Clinton

(this alone should have her winning an election HERE 90/10).

So the world's biggest thief and murderous dictator, Vlad Putin desperately does NOT want Clinton president.

So if you support Trump you support Putin, our enemy.

And yet, they do.

[Lucinda]

2. Thanks for the info.

[geek tragedy]

3. Assange has his own show on Russian state television.

This relationship has been hiding in plain sight.

[rockfordfile]

8. True

[roamer65]

36. Bingo.

[Leghorn21]

4. Hi GG! - I was reading Ms. Mensch (as usual) earlier today, and boy, this thing just

blew UP!

https://mobile.twitter.com/LouiseMensch?max_id=841736169075421185

....this investigation has been brewing for a while, but starting at the above link from earlier today, a woman named laurelai Bailey told her story - and one thing led to another - wow - sure sure sure do hope it's all true

[GliderGuider]

5. Well, everything she's said so far is basic Internet stuff.

I was on her feed when Chayanov deleted his account. Boy howdy, that made me take note! The whois sleuthing is solid - even I can see on my own machine that it's a Russian server. the notion that it's completely open to FSB/GRU is elementary stuff, but the implications are a bit numbing.

[Leghorn21]

9. Well now, all's I can do is check twitter feeds, check DU, and send emails - such is the extent of

my tech abilities (for real) - but I was there too when Chayanov's account vaporized, and Louise was so ecstatic over it that I was, too! "Somethin' cookin' HERE, sports fans!" - giddy hope abounding now!

[GliderGuider]

6. A few choice quotes from her feed:

"Digital encryption won't save you from a state sponsored effort with physical hardware access."

"If you read Wikileaks, you're giving Russian Intelligence the ability to read/track you."

"Russian Hacker Peter Chayanov has the SSL keys to the entire site - and so does Putin"

"Submit secrets to #wikileaks, become an unwitting asset of Russian intelligence, which can then blackmail you for doing so. It's a feature!"

[GliderGuider]

7. She also thinks that Chayanov is Guccifer 2.0 - or at least part of the persona. nt

[Kaotic]

10. This is from the Patribotics blog..it's not Louise Mensch

It's an anonymous blogger..here's the link... https://patribotics.wordpress.com/

Link to the article she is quoting...

https://patribotics.wordpress.com/2017/03/14/wikileaks-hands-keys-to-putins-russian-hacker-readers-leakers-tracked/

[GliderGuider]

11. Uh, no.

The analyst is named Laurelai Bailey. The blog is only used by Louise. She refers to Laurelei in the third person, so even if the article doesn't have her name on it, Louise wrote it.

Throwing shade?

[Kaotic]

12. Right, missed that... Laurelai Bailey

No shade...here's her Twitter account...

https://twitter.com/stuxnetsource

Not Louise Mensch.

[Denzil_DC]

15. No, this article is by Mensch herself.

First couple of paras:

Exclusive analysis by Laurelai Bailey, published by Patribotics this week confirmed that Julian Assange and Wikileaks obtained two new servers in Russia just one week before the hacked Podesta emails were released.

Laurelai reported that the ultimate registrant of the servers was one Peter Chayanov, of Russia, a known cyber-criminal and hacker

That's Mensch writing this particular post.

[Kaotic]

18. I can't find any association of the blog with Louise Mensch...

She links to the articles from her Twitter account but that doesn't mean a thing. Where on the Patribotics blog site is Mensch given credit as the creator or author of content?

[Denzil_DC]

19. Then you can't have read her Twitter feed this last few months.

This is a pointless argument, dude.

[Kaotic]

21. Pointless for you cause you can't prove it's her blog.

[GliderGuider]

22. If it's not shade, why are you so hot on it not being her blog?

When everyone who follows her knows it is?

[Kaotic]

25. Because it's not her blog..how do you KNOW it's her blog? No mention Patribotics in her Wiki...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Mensch

[GliderGuider]

27. Sorry, dude. It is.

How long have you followed her twitter feed?

[Denzil_DC]

23. I guess you're new to Menschworld, huh? n/t

[Denzil_DC]

14. Patribotics is Mensch's own blog.

Unsigned posts will be Mensch's.

Recently, she's enlisted Laurelai Bailey, some years back a key member of Wikileaks. Any posts by her will no doubt be signed "by Laurelai Bailey".

[Kaotic]

16. How do you know that's Mensch's blog?

I don't see anyone's name on it.

[Denzil_DC]

17. It's common knowledge for anyone who reads her Twitter feed.

She refers to and links to it frequently. It's where she self-publishes her longer-form material that doesn't fit with her other outlets (the Guardian's Comment Is Free., etc.).

Here's her current pinned tweet:

Link to tweet

Louise Mensch ✔ @LouiseMensch

Major breaking exclusive - why @Wikileaks Russian servers are MUCH WORSE NEWS than anybody thought #TrumpRussia https://patribotics.wordpress.com/2017/03/14/wikileaks-hands-over-the-keys-to-russia-and-vladimir-putin/ …

[Kaotic]

20. Yes she links to it frequently..doesn't mean she penned any the pieces

Why doesn't she have a link to Patribotics in her sidebar bio?


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[GliderGuider]

24. Why don't you tweet her and ask? nt

[Loki Liesmith]

28. It's her

[Denzil_DC]

30. She links to it frequently because it's her major outlet nowadays,

where she publishes her research (and just recently, Bailey's).

A day or so following her feed would tell you this.

While you're tweeting her to ask why she doesn't link to it in her sidebar bio, maybe you can ask her why the Patribotics "About" page still reads

This is an example of an about page. Unlike posts, pages are better suited for more timeless content that you want to be easily accessible, like your About or Contact information. Click the Edit link to make changes to this page or add another page.

and the "Contact" page still reads

This is a contact page with some basic contact information and a contact form.

Name(required)

Email(required)

Website

Comment(required)

[Kaotic]

32. OK I believe now..I found proof...

Excuse me for not believing but I'm skeptical of everything and it's not overtly obvious that it's her blog. But I kept digging and found this...so now I'm on board.


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[Denzil_DC]

33. That's OK, though you were taxing my patience there for a minute!

Welcome to DU, BTW.

[Kaotic]

34. Thanks. n/t

[GliderGuider]

35. thanks for letting us know. I too was stretching a bit thin there for a minute.

But as I've discovered to my chagrin, it's far better to be a bit too skeptical than not skeptical enough. (I used to be a Snowden/Assange fanboi )

And welcome to DU!

[Loki Liesmith]

26. That's Louise

[spanone]

13. FSB/GRU WTF

[Loki Liesmith]

29. Russian Intelligence and Military Intelligence

Respectively

[spanone]

31. thank you.