If Crowdstrike saw evidence of a potential causus beli for world war 3 and didn’t immediately turn it over to the FIB then so much for “trusted contractor” status. They should lose all govt contracts.
I’m not sure why the article didn’t include a sixth point. The reason Crowdstrike determined that Russia was behind the DNC hacks was because they believe Russian agents left behind a piece of code that was similar to code that was found on cell phones in the Ukraine. The Ukraine phones were used by artillery soldiers and, according to reports, were tracked to reveal the gun placements and provide targeting guidance. Except this whole narrative was debunked by the Ukrainian government and it never happened. The piece of code that was supposedly “Russian” was widely available on the dark net and could have been downloaded used by any number of hackers for economic or political purposes. So....
6. The intelligence reports that relied on the Crowdstrike analysis and formed the foundation for the whole media “Russian hacking” narrative are based on debunked and inconclusive evidence.