Confirmation: Alfa Bank Researchers Worked on DNC Hack

A remarkable letter Senator Grassley linked to in a post a month ago went overlooked, which seems to partially resolve a conflict that I have been focusing on for months.

Antonakakis and Dagon, two Georgia Tech researchers tied to the Alfa Bank scandal, provided materials on the DNC hack to the US Government.

In response to documents Margot and I obtained in early 2022, Jerry Dunleavy asked DARPA who denied any ties to the DNC hack investigation in March 2022. Senator Grassley and Senator Johnson then made inquiries to DARPA and in September 2022, they responded.

DARPA confirmed that in August 2016, Antonakakis and Dagon provided an attribution analysis of the DNC hack (at the same time they were drafting their Alfa Bank white papers):

The command and control server origins could be interesting. They appear to have worked to identify malware used by hackers to hide their activities. It remains to be seen whether this also relates to the allegation that GRU operatives leased servers and equipment in Arizona and Illinois to launch their hacking efforts.

Keep in mind, the government had NOTHING from Crowdstrike until at least mid-October 2016, and we have previously asked how they could’ve attributed the hack to Russia on October 7th.

In the another paragraph they apparently acknowledge that Antonakakis and Dagon provided analysis on the findings of Robert Mueller in his indictment of GRU operatives.

However, this does not clarify earlier emails which appear to indicate a more active role in providing materials to Mueller “via DARPA” which does not sound retrospective:

Sources have been telling the sleuths for two years that the US government relied on these guys for attribution of the DNC hack. Individuals tied to the Clinton campaign, Fusion GPS, and garbage totally-debunked Alfa Bank allegations.

We ask Senator Grassley to release the files provided and cited in the letter.