Not only are foreigners worried about Trump's mental health (for example this in Jordan’s AlbiBawa today “You Can't Separate Trump's Mental Health From His Voters': Q&A With Mental Health Expert Dr. Bandy Lee ” ) they are following the Russian cyber attack story.
A friend of mine who is from The Netherlands alerted me to following from a website she follows. This story confirms American intelligence agency suspicions of Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Minister Ollongren over AIVD-onthulling: al eerder gewaarschuwd voor beïnvloeding van buitenaf
Minister Ollongren about AIVD (Dutch secret service) revelation: already warned about external influences
Dutch: Ook verwijst de minister naar jaarverslagen van de Algemene Inlichtingen en Veiligheidsdienst waarin eveneens wordt gewaarschuwd voor de risico's van cyberaanvallen en hacks door andere overheden. De Volkskrant en Nieuwsuur onthulden gisteren dat de Nederlandse inlichtingendiensten AIVD en MIVD (de militaire tak) in 2014 toegang kregen tot een Russisch computernetwerk in een universiteitsgebouw vlakbij het Kremlin. De Nederlanders konden meekijken hoe de Russische hackersgroep Cozy Bear aanvallen uitvoerde op het Amerikaanse ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken, toegang wist te krijgen tot mailverkeer van het Witte Huis en infiltreerde in de Democratische partij. Het verhaal bevestigt Amerikaanse vermoedens van Russische inmenging in de verkiezingsstrijd tussen Donald Trump en Hillary Clinton in 2016.
Translation:
The Minister also refers to annual reports from the General Intelligence and Security Service, which also warned about the risks of cyber attacks and hacks by other authorities. De Volkskrant and Nieuwsuur revealed yesterday that the Dutch intelligence services AIVD and MIVD (the military branch) gained access to a Russian computer network in 2014 in a university building near the Kremlin. The Dutch were able to watch the Russian hacker group Cozy Bear attacking the US State Department, gain access to mail traffic from the White House and infiltrated the Democratic party. The story confirms American suspicions of Russian interference in the election battle between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in 2016.
Dutch:
De Nederlandse inlichtingendiensten werkten de afgelopen jaren nauw samen met hun Amerikaanse collega's en wisten op cruciale momenten informatie door te spelen over cyberaanvallen van de Russen. De relatie tussen de diensten van beide landen was goed totdat Trump tot president was gekozen en het Witte Huis aanvankelijk de berichtgeving over Russische inmenging afdeed als nepnieuws.
Translation:
The Dutch intelligence services have worked closely with their American colleagues over the past few years and have been able to pass on information about cyber attacks by the Russians at crucial moments. The relationship between the services of both countries was good until Trump was elected president and the White House initially dismissed the coverage of Russian interference as fake news.
You can use Google Translate to read the entire article in English. Here are some more highlights:
- Hackers AIVD provided crucial evidence about Russian interference in American elections
- For example, the story about the crucial work of the AIVD in the investigation into Russian influence of the American elections was established
- How the Democrats and the FBI blundered, and Russian hackers benefited
- Russians failed civil servants at Dutch ministries in hacking attempts
- Why are the AIVD hackers so good?
Monday, Feb 5, 2018 · 1:33:46 AM +00:00 · HalBrown
Excerpt:
BERLIN — The Dutch domestic intelligence service AIVD had access to the infamous Russian hacking group Cozy Bear for at least a year starting in mid-2014, local media outlets reported Thursday. According to the reports, the Dutch government alerted the United States to Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election after Netherlands-based officials watched the hacking of the Democratic National Committee and other operations by the Russians, including a 2014 State Department hack.
The DNC hack, revealed by The Washington Post in June 2016, was considered a pivotal event in several actions believed to be undertaken by the Russian government to meddle in the U.S. presidential election that year. Two independent research firms later confirmed that the DNC’s network was compromised by Russian government hackers.
The Dutch agency’s involvement was first reported by the current affairs program Nieuwsuur and the newspaper de Volkskrant on Thursday. Reached by The Post on Friday, the domestic spy agency AIVD had no comment. The Dutch military intelligence service, MIVD, did not respond to a request for comment.
Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov rejected the Dutch reports on Friday, denouncing them as untrustworthy. “If Dutch newspapers want to add fuel to the fire of anti-Russian hysteria that exists in America, this is not the most noble occupation,” he said, according to Russia's Tass news agency.