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.
(Score: 2, Funny) by RS3 on Tuesday January 17 2017, @08:19AM
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
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
its the internet we dont need no extra punctuation
(Score: 1, Troll) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday January 17 2017, @03:44PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ua-VfW9m7UM [youtube.com]
(Score: 1) by RS3 on Tuesday January 17 2017, @06:20PM
I'm not sure, I'm pun-dense.