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orangecrush

(19,236 posts)
Mon Apr 10, 2017, 04:06 PM Apr 2017

WIFE: ARRESTED ALLEGED RUSSIAN HACKER 'LINKED TO TRUMP'S ELECTION WIN' [View all]

Source: AP - A.B.C. Chicago

MADRID -- An alleged Russian hacker has been detained in Spain at the request of American authorities, an arrest that set cybersecurity circles abuzz after a Russian broadcaster raised the possibility it was linked to the U.S. presidential election.

Pyotr Levashov was arrested Friday in Barcelona on a U.S. computer crimes warrant, according to a spokeswoman for Spain's National Court, who spoke on condition of anonymity in line with court rules.....

... Such arrests aren't unusual - American authorities typically try to nab Russian cybercrime suspects abroad because of the difficulty involved in extraditing them from Russia - but Levashov's arrest drew immediate attention after his wife told Russia's RT broadcaster that he was linked to America's 2016 election hacking.

RT quoted Maria Levashova as saying that armed police stormed into their apartment in Barcelona overnight, keeping her and her friend locked in a room for two hours while they quizzed her husband. She said that when she spoke to her husband on the phone from the police station, he told her he was told that he had created a computer virus that was "linked to Trump's election win."





Read more: http://abc7chicago.com/news/wife-arrested-alleged-russian-hacker-linked-to-trumps-election-win/1856321/



Trumps Russia ties investigation is not going away, no matter how much smoke and mirrors they put out there.
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Another piece of the puzzle. Left-over Apr 2017 #1
Juatice is coming orangecrush Apr 2017 #4
Drip, drip, drip........... IdiotsforPalin Apr 2017 #2
The faucet orangecrush Apr 2017 #7
K & R..& thanks! furtheradu Apr 2017 #3
"At the request of American authorities" orangecrush Apr 2017 #6
Hmmm! Ain't that interestin'! furtheradu Apr 2017 #22
Absolutely orangecrush Apr 2017 #48
" .... that he had created a computer virus that was "linked to Trump's election win." Botany Apr 2017 #5
I am curious orangecrush Apr 2017 #9
This has to be done to manipulate the vote count ... aggiesal Apr 2017 #11
Interesting orangecrush Apr 2017 #16
(assuming this is true) d_r Apr 2017 #27
Beth Clarkson an Engineering and Math Prof. @ Wichita State U. Botany Apr 2017 #35
Thank you orangecrush Apr 2017 #49
were those just votes in Kansas? Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2017 #57
She has found statistical anomalies in more than one race and state Botany Apr 2017 #59
thanks. Still irks me that Dems were so quick to declare the counting of votes was perfect. To Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2017 #61
Now I don't know at what level the Russian hacking and other stuff effected the vote count but ... Botany Apr 2017 #62
Money and Power to make more money. I have often wondered how they Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2017 #63
the fact that this data is inaccessible should be considered UNACCEPTABLE in a so-called free TheFrenchRazor Apr 2017 #68
Voter rolls and Facebook "likes" can be combined to microtarget lies to suppress votes sharedvalues Apr 2017 #28
Thanks orangecrush Apr 2017 #50
That's my question, too. hamsterjill Apr 2017 #34
The KGOP must be shitting borsht in their russian-made diapers Achilleaze Apr 2017 #8
With the Syrian airstrikes and Gorsuch orangecrush Apr 2017 #10
That word with "G". You mean Justice Asterisk? sharedvalues Apr 2017 #30
Yes orangecrush Apr 2017 #51
How many more threads are we going to see on this? Seedersandleechers Apr 2017 #12
Is there another thread about this on LBN? orangecrush Apr 2017 #13
I stand corrected Seedersandleechers Apr 2017 #29
Thanks orangecrush Apr 2017 #43
Related to DU's Election Day Hack? aeromanKC Apr 2017 #14
THAT orangecrush Apr 2017 #17
Wives usually don't testify against their husbands bucolic_frolic Apr 2017 #15
... orangecrush Apr 2017 #18
Seems less like her testifying against anyone and more as though she's LanternWaste Apr 2017 #24
I'd like to tazkcmo Apr 2017 #19
Sounds like orangecrush Apr 2017 #23
Time for Trump to throw out another shiny object for the media to chase. democrank Apr 2017 #20
Exactly orangecrush Apr 2017 #21
pootie enid602 Apr 2017 #53
Now Chump will probably fling some missiles at Spain Dopers_Greed Apr 2017 #25
Or land orangecrush Apr 2017 #38
Good! ArizonaLib Apr 2017 #26
I hope he's under extreme protection. C Moon Apr 2017 #31
will they extradite this guy, or mopinko Apr 2017 #32
Interesting also orangecrush Apr 2017 #39
Maybe a diversion or some other disinformation Abu Pepe Apr 2017 #33
Naw orangecrush Apr 2017 #40
Keep peeling back the layers, eventually we'll find the center! Initech Apr 2017 #36
Hopefully orangecrush Apr 2017 #42
I'd like to see McConnell, Ryan, Gorsuch, and Prince go down with him. Initech Apr 2017 #44
Check out the update orangecrush Apr 2017 #47
me too bdamomma Apr 2017 #56
I don't understand this statement? They told him that he created a virus? KewlKat Apr 2017 #37
Great catch orangecrush Apr 2017 #41
I thought RT is part of the Putin propaganda Enoki33 Apr 2017 #45
There are many sources running this story orangecrush Apr 2017 #46
Thanks. Enoki33 Apr 2017 #52
Thank you orangecrush Apr 2017 #54
This Russian Hacker's Wife Says He Was Arrested For Being "Linked To Trump's Win" riversedge Apr 2017 #55
That last paragraph is somewhat surprising. Fantastic Anarchist Apr 2017 #69
It's also possible that he wrote a virus that was planted on Weiner's laptop. GliderGuider Apr 2017 #58
Thank you for this background. orangecrush Apr 2017 #64
a reminder to stay focused.........from riversedge Apr 2017 #60
And they are striving mightily orangecrush Apr 2017 #65
One by one Heartstrings Apr 2017 #66
Hopefully in time orangecrush Apr 2017 #67
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