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'So, the sourcing of it just stinks of tradecraft. It stinks of a drop.
'And many cyber-security professionals are waiting for an opportunity to forensically analyze the contents of this hard drive.'
She also claimed that because other stories about Hunter Biden had circulated prior to the bombshell laptop leak, the story was less likely to be true.
'What we see as researchers when they're trying to make a story happen time and time again, and it doesn't, then you start to see the intensification and adaptation of tactics,' she said.
'So, we pretty much expected more and different styles of attack, including a leak, but was really suspicious of it, is you've got someone with millions of dollars.
'He can't afford Geek Squad at Best Buy to come to his house for the laptop that he has evidence of crimes on? I mean, it's really hard to believe.'
A series of damaging and illicit photographs and emails have come to light after Hunter Biden accidentally left a laptop in a repair shop which contained a trove of information about his past
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Hunter Biden has recently been accused of attempting to intimidate the Delaware computer repair shop owner John Paul Mac Isaac, who has sued him for defamation.
The president's son allegedly attempted to enact revenge on Mac Isaac after he brought the story surrounding his laptop to light.
The two first encountered each other in April 2019, when Biden left his laptop at the Delaware computer shop and failed to collect it.
Since it was first reported on the eve of the 2020 election, the laptop has been a source of controversy for the Biden administration, with its incriminating photos of a drug-addled Hunter with prostitutes widely circulated.
The laptop also contained troves of communications over the wayward businessman's history in Ukraine, raising questions over his father's suspect international deals.
Hunter in December hired veteran political lawyer Abbe Lowell, who previously represented Jared Kushner, and began fighting back.
Lowell accused Mac Isaac of illicitly accessing the laptop. This led Mac Isaac to sue on January 27, seeking $75,000 in damages in a defamation case.
On February 1, Lowell then wrote to the Justice Department and Delaware Attorney General, demanding Mac Isaac and others be prosecuted.
On Thursday, Mac Isaac's attorney said he believed Hunter wants to criminally prosecute his client in order to enact revenge.
'We finally tracked him down and we were able to serve him last week,' said Brian Della Rocca, speaking to Fox News host Tucker Carlson.
'And now all of a sudden, we see this.'
Della Rocca said the call to bring charges against Mac Isaac was directly linked to Mac Isaac suing Hunter.
'He's trying to intimidate. And it's interesting to me that this happened when it did,' Della Rocca told Carlson.
Following backlash to his connection with Hunter Biden, Mac Isaac has launched a defamation suit against then-House Intelligence Committee chair Adam Schiff, CNN, Politico and The Daily Beast, seeking damages of 'at least $1 million'.