Anonymous ID: 8bfe4a Jan. 10, 2019, 6:04 p.m. No.4702895   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Guys…

 

"Still considering it..," the first message said. When the researcher asked, "What are you considering?" the sender replied: "Understanding of what we are all fighting for … and that goes beyond you and me. Same dilemma as last 10 min of latest Bourne." Four minutes later he sent the final message: "Actually, this is probably more accurate" and included a link to a YouTube video showing the finale of the film "Inception."

 

The Bourne comment appears to reference a Jason Bourne film about a former CIA assassin on the run from the agency, which was released in U.S. theaters two weeks before the Twitter user contacted Kaspersky. It and the Inception film deal with the difficulties of distinguishing truth and reality from deception and illusion.

 

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/09/russia-kaspersky-lab-nsa-cybersecurity-1089131

Anonymous ID: 8bfe4a Jan. 10, 2019, 6:14 p.m. No.4703053   🗄️.is 🔗kun

The timing of the revelation that Kaspersky has been beneficial in tracking down NSA suspects coincides with a court appearance by Martin’s defense team on Tuesday. His lawyers argued that they need full access to the hard drives that were confiscated from their client’s home. For one reason, they say that an analysis of metadata on the hard drive would help prove Martin never opened the files. The lawyers hope that evidence will help support their argument that Martin was simply hoarding the data. Because of the files’ sensitive nature, prosecutors have resisted supplying a full mirror of the hard drives and have offered an abbreviated catalog of the drives’ contents.

Martin is charged with 20 counts of illegal retention of classified information. He has offered to plead guilty to one count, which would carry a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison, but prosecutors have rejected that deal.

 

Te The question of why Martin would do any of this lingers. If he was simply hoarding information, as his defense claims, what was the purpose of sending the private messages on Twitter? Did he send those private messages? And if this is all part of a verifiable mental disorder, why would prosecutors seek such a harsh penalty?

Martin’s trial is scheduled to begin in June, and we could get some more answers as then court proceedings unfold. Then again, maybe we won't.

 

https://gizmodo.com/the-strange-case-of-kaspersky-lab-just-got-messier-1831608828