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Russian Tech Expert Named in Trump Report Says US Intelligence Never Contacted Him

posted by on Tuesday January 17 2017, @02:42AM   Printer-friendly
from the spooks-lie-a-lot dept.

-- OriginalOwner_ writes:

McClatchy reports:

A Russian venture capitalist and tech expert whose name and company are mentioned in the now-notorious document alleging connections between the Donald Trump campaign and Russian hackers says no intelligence officers have ever contacted him about the accusations, which he says are false.

A report compiled by a former Western intelligence official as opposition research against Trump [...] alleged that global tech firm XBT Holding, with operations in Dallas, was instrumental in the hack of leaked Democratic Party emails that embarrassed Hillary Clinton and fellow Democrats.

XBT, owner of Dallas-based enterprise-hosting company Webzilla, is run by a successful Russian tech startup expert, Aleksej Gubarev. In a phone interview from Cyprus, where he said he'd lived since 2002, Gubarev said he was surprised to see his name in the report.

[...] Gubarev said he operated 75,000 servers across the globe and got real-time information if there had been hacking or illicit activity tied to his businesses. There is no evidence of that, he said, adding that no one has contacted him.

[...] If law enforcement wants to talk with him, Gubarev said, his door is open.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by aristarchus on Tuesday January 17 2017, @07:59AM

    by aristarchus (2645) on Tuesday January 17 2017, @07:59AM (#454796) Journal

    Random pundents arguing

    "Pundits", the word is "pundit"! Originally from the Hindi,

    The Sanskrit पण्डित (frequently transliterated as pandit, pundit, or pandita) referred in its original use specifically to a person who had memorized a substantial portion of the Vedas, which are the primary texts of Hinduism.

    http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/08/ironic-etymology-of-the-day-pundit-comes-from-a-sanskrit-word-for-spiritual-leader/261493/
    Or perhaps you were thinking "pudenda"? So lettuce have lease of the deaf throws of pendants here on SoylentNews, please? You have to be literate to memorize the Vedas, doncha know!

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  • (Score: 2, Funny) by RS3 on Tuesday January 17 2017, @08:19AM

    by RS3 (6367) on Tuesday January 17 2017, @08:19AM (#454807)

    Random pundents arguing

    "Pundits", the word is "pundit"! Originally from the Hindi,

    No, he meant "pundents"- it's where there are so many bad puns flying around that things get damaged.

    • (Score: 2) by aristarchus on Tuesday January 17 2017, @08:31AM

      by aristarchus (2645) on Tuesday January 17 2017, @08:31AM (#454810) Journal

      Ah, good catch, RS3! But shouldn't that be hyphenated? "Pun-dents"? Or, oh dear. Sorry! Nothing kills a pun so much as making it too oblivious.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 17 2017, @03:04PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 17 2017, @03:04PM (#454912)

        its the internet we dont need no extra punctuation

      • (Score: 1, Troll) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday January 17 2017, @03:44PM

        by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday January 17 2017, @03:44PM (#454924) Journal

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ua-VfW9m7UM [youtube.com]

      • (Score: 1) by RS3 on Tuesday January 17 2017, @06:20PM

        by RS3 (6367) on Tuesday January 17 2017, @06:20PM (#454996)

        Ah, good catch, RS3! But shouldn't that be hyphenated? "Pun-dents"?

        I'm not sure, I'm pun-dense.

  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday January 17 2017, @04:27PM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday January 17 2017, @04:27PM (#454946) Journal

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWbLkXhGEmo [youtube.com]