Ukrainian gas firm Burisma hacked by Russians in all-too-familiar phishing scheme, cybersecurity company finds (old news)

Russian government hackers successfully penetrated the internal systems of Burisma, the Ukrainian-based oil and gas firm that once employed former Vice President Joe Biden's son, a Silicon Valley-based cybersecurity company has found.

Area 1, the cybersecurity outfit, issued a report detailing Russian GRU phishing efforts beginning in November 2019 aimed at "targeting the email credentials of employees at Burisma Holdings and its subsidiaries and partners" in an effort to "gain control of [Burisma's] internal systems."

"Our report is not noteworthy because we identify the GRU launching a phishing campaign, nor is the targeting of a Ukranian company particularly novel. It is significant because Burisma Holdings is publically entangled in U.S. foreign and domestic politics," the report's authors wrote.

Hunter Biden, the former vice president's son, has faced criticism for accepting a position on Burisma's board of directors. When he joined the firm in 2014, his father was fronting U.S. foreign policy toward Kyiv, and while the Bidens have not been accused of doing anything illegal, the position presented the appearance of a conflict of interest, ethics experts have told ABC News. President Donald Trump's overtures to Ukraine's leader in July to investigate the Bidens prompted Congress' impeachment probe.

Ignoring the blather in the back half of the article, what did those Russian military experts find? Enough to compromise Biden such that even the sanctions are orchestrated to keep money flowing into Putin's back pocket and eventually give him Ukraine? The sanctions are a circular argument if we are still buying oil from Russia, if natural gas still flows to Europe.

Hunter Biden is mixed up in this mess under Burisma. Joe Biden shutting down the Ukraine Prosecutor from snooping too deep.

Biden is badly compromised, we were aware of it back then and are acutely aware of it now.

Putin has something on the President Joe and family. Putin is demanding his pay-off and Biden was too slow in getting it to him. Putin a madman? Or does he hold all the cards at this time?

Why Russia, Ukraine, and the Biden Presidency. Trump sent up a 'red flag' about it and got impeached for asking about it. Putin's military went snooping and found what America needed to know.

All the parties involved trying to blame Trump's foreign policy for this mess. How many congress critters are compromised?

The blackmail of America is what this conflict is about.

I don’t see how it would matter anyway..

Whatever the Russians find and report about the Biden criminal gang, the American news media and 90% of DC will all push - “Lies from RUSSIA! MISINFORMATION!!, Putin!! Right-wing conspiracy!!, etc..

And the USA will go “Ho-him”, just as we are doing regarding the Durham investigation and all the dirty they did to the Trump campaign..

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