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by extra88 2352 days ago
CrowdStrike is not a Ukrainian company, it is a U.S. company! Its founders are U.S. citizens and none are of Ukrainian descent.

When you get basic facts like this wrong, it makes me wonder what your interest really is.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CrowdStrike
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Natsu 2352 days ago
GP got it wrong. Not that it matters, but this is the guy that's usually referenced in these discussions:

"Alperovitch is a naturalized American citizen born in Russia who came to the United States in 1994 with his family."

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dmitri_Alperovitc...

"Dmitri Alperovitch is co-founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of CrowdStrike – responsible for the company’s overall technology vision, strategy, and architecture as well as R&D initiatives."

https://www.crowdstrike.com/about-crowdstrike/executive-team...

It does seem odd that the FBI has claimed in legal filings not to have taken the DNC computers into its possession for forensic analysis, relying entirely on 3rd party analysis, though. I believe this info can be sourced from filings in the Flynn case, which I really wish someone would put up a full archive of, it's been pretty crazy.

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3fe9a03ccd14ca5 2352 days ago
I stand corrected! I was just confused why they would have possession of the DNC servers?? So many interesting questions still to answer!
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sjwright 2352 days ago
Add to the list of your suspect observations those of Steele and his dossier. He was hired by Republicans before he was hired by Democrats. And his dossier was largely accurate—surprisingly so given that the target was (at the time) a wealthy, media-savvy businessman and television celebrity.

The dossier was oppo research. There’s literally nothing controversial about any of it, other than it was leaked and its target successfully spun the few disputed claims into evidence of mass political conspiracy.

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extra88 2352 days ago
The DNC hired them to do a forensic analysis of their email servers after they learned they may have been hacked. Forensic analysis is one of the security services CrowdStrike provides, they also provide defensive services to detect intrusions or attempts.
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