From 2017. Maybe this info is useful, maybe not.

Could be nothing and no connection.

But I remember JMs position on this vs Dimitri Alperovitchs Crowdstrike position.

https://nationalsecurity.gmu.edu/dmitri-alperovitch/

https://www.conservapedia.com/Fancy_Bear

(The Alperovitchs also have an interesting background about how the father defected to Canada from Russia then to Tennessee USA and how easily was set up in prominent positions.)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitri_Alperovitch