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THREAD (EXCLUSIVE):
There is *STRONG* evidence supporting Russians had a database of 191 MILLION American voter profiles tied to former Rep BOB MCEWEN as far back as Nov 2015.
This would be the database discovered by @VickerySec in Dec 2015 belonging to United in Purpose. /1
There is *STRONG* evidence supporting Russians had a database of 191 MILLION American voter profiles tied to former Rep BOB MCEWEN as far back as Nov 2015.
This would be the database discovered by @VickerySec in Dec 2015 belonging to United in Purpose. /1
As I discussed extensively in my thread here, McEwen (who is close to Trump) is a paid director of United in Purpose and, in June 2016, he met in Ukraine w/ Borys Kolesnikov, an oligarch who wired money into PAUL MANAFORT& #39;s Cyprus accounts from 2010-14. /2 https://twitter.com/visionsurreal/status/1094042595003678720?s=19">https://twitter.com/visionsur...
Today, Russian hacker Aleksei Burkov pleaded not guilty of operating two hacking forums.
"In Nov 2015, a member of this & #39;elite& #39; forum [not Burkov] advertised a database containing information about 191 million Americans, including names & birth dates." /3 https://www.cyberscoop.com/burkov-russian-hacker-database-not-guilty/">https://www.cyberscoop.com/burkov-ru...
"In Nov 2015, a member of this & #39;elite& #39; forum [not Burkov] advertised a database containing information about 191 million Americans, including names & birth dates." /3 https://www.cyberscoop.com/burkov-russian-hacker-database-not-guilty/">https://www.cyberscoop.com/burkov-ru...
@VickerySec told @jeffstone500 of @CyberScoopNews "he found the same database, which also contained voter information, such as party affiliations and whether an individual voted in recent elections." /4
@VickerySec "traced the database to a religious group, UiP, dedicated to electing conservative politicians. When Vickery went public w/ his findings in 2015, the US Secret Service contacted him to say the info might be relevant to an ongoing investigation into a foreign nat& #39;l."/5
" & #39;I provided a database backup to them,& #39; Vickery told CyberScoop this week. & #39;We set up a time for an agent to come by my apartment at that time and physically receive an external hard drive with the data on it.& #39;
The Secret Service did not respond to a request for comment." /6
The Secret Service did not respond to a request for comment." /6
Here, I preserved McEwen& #39;s response to me on 8/20/19 in which he falsely claimed that UiP& #39;s leak was merely "public" information. That was a lie.
@VickerySec and I tore McEwen a new one for this lie, and he blocked us both shortly thereafter. /7 https://twitter.com/visionsurreal/status/1163906047159033856?s=19">https://twitter.com/visionsur...
@VickerySec and I tore McEwen a new one for this lie, and he blocked us both shortly thereafter. /7 https://twitter.com/visionsurreal/status/1163906047159033856?s=19">https://twitter.com/visionsur...
What many of you don& #39;t know is that, before Cambridge Analytica was all the rage, United in Purpose offered "psychographic analysis" of populations it was researching as far back as 2013. /8
cc: @carolecadwalla @WendySiegelman @peterjukes @brazencapital
cc: @carolecadwalla @WendySiegelman @peterjukes @brazencapital
The psychographic analysis component of UiP& #39;s services would derive from UiP Education director George Barna of @BarnaGroup.
George has been talking about psychographics as far back as 1997 and Barna Group has been including pscyhographics in its analyses as recently as 2016. /9
George has been talking about psychographics as far back as 1997 and Barna Group has been including pscyhographics in its analyses as recently as 2016. /9
... Not to mention that Barna Group& #39;s website currently still advertises "psychographic analysis"...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👆" title="Up pointing backhand index" aria-label="Emoji: Up pointing backhand index"> Just like UiP did as far back as 2013 before having their 191 million voter profiles breached in 2015, quite likely into the hands of a Russian hacker& #39;s "elite" forum. /10
Just like UiP did as far back as 2013 before having their 191 million voter profiles breached in 2015, quite likely into the hands of a Russian hacker& #39;s "elite" forum. /10" title="... Not to mention that Barna Group& #39;s website currently still advertises "psychographic analysis"...https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👆" title="Up pointing backhand index" aria-label="Emoji: Up pointing backhand index"> Just like UiP did as far back as 2013 before having their 191 million voter profiles breached in 2015, quite likely into the hands of a Russian hacker& #39;s "elite" forum. /10">
Just like UiP did as far back as 2013 before having their 191 million voter profiles breached in 2015, quite likely into the hands of a Russian hacker& #39;s "elite" forum. /10" title="... Not to mention that Barna Group& #39;s website currently still advertises "psychographic analysis"...https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👆" title="Up pointing backhand index" aria-label="Emoji: Up pointing backhand index"> Just like UiP did as far back as 2013 before having their 191 million voter profiles breached in 2015, quite likely into the hands of a Russian hacker& #39;s "elite" forum. /10">
Now, I don& #39;t believe UiP& #39;s psychographic data would& #39;ve been nearly as extensive as Cambridge Analytica& #39;s, but we know from @VickerySec& #39;s discovery UiP was tracking info in search of "particular" voters:
Voters who have a "Bible lifestyle," own a gun, fish, watch NASCAR, etc. /11
Voters who have a "Bible lifestyle," own a gun, fish, watch NASCAR, etc. /11
And, when you think back to who Paul Manafort suggested Trump nominate as his Vice President, who did he recommend?
None other than Mike Pence, who would appeal *exactly* to this type of Christian and/or evangelical voter. /12
None other than Mike Pence, who would appeal *exactly* to this type of Christian and/or evangelical voter. /12
And, remember per #2 above, McEwen (who is close to Trump) is a paid director of United in Purpose and, in June 2016, he met in Ukraine w/ Borys Kolesnikov, an oligarch who wired money into PAUL MANAFORT& #39;s Cyprus accounts from 2010-2014. /13
Also, for good measure, here& #39;s a picture of Bob McEwen hanging out with his pal Mike Pence in June 2017. /14 https://twitter.com/visionsurreal/status/1094049142664544258?s=19">https://twitter.com/visionsur...
When it comes to a data breach such as the one @VickerySec found, there& #39;s always the possibility to consider that the leak was "intentional."
If so, did anyone at United in Purpose (or its data firm Pioneer Solutions) play a part in the breach, and who? /15
If so, did anyone at United in Purpose (or its data firm Pioneer Solutions) play a part in the breach, and who? /15
One possibility that would come to mind is the tech guy behind UiP, Tamas Cser.
Cser is a Hungarian national, was in Europe at the time @VickerySec discovered the breach in 2015, and can be digitally linked to Budapest & Moscow as my thread here shows./16 https://twitter.com/visionsurreal/status/1077034586067083264?s=19">https://twitter.com/visionsur...
Cser is a Hungarian national, was in Europe at the time @VickerySec discovered the breach in 2015, and can be digitally linked to Budapest & Moscow as my thread here shows./16 https://twitter.com/visionsurreal/status/1077034586067083264?s=19">https://twitter.com/visionsur...
Another person who comes to mind, of course, has to be Bill Dallas--the President of United in Purpose and Pioneer Solutions Consulting--who served time in prison for "embezzlement"! /17 https://twitter.com/visionsurreal/status/1071960001755930624?s=19">https://twitter.com/visionsur...
There are other shady elements to the UiP operation that I won& #39;t delve into now, but perhaps in future threads.
In the meantime, I would recommend that journalists dig into this story.
Where there was smoke, there now appears to behttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔥" title="Fire" aria-label="Emoji: Fire">... /18x
In the meantime, I would recommend that journalists dig into this story.
Where there was smoke, there now appears to be
@threader_app - please compile, bae.
Thank you to @VickerySec, @WendySiegelman, @brazencapital, and @jeffstone500 for tying pieces of this together.
I didn& #39;t "exclusively" find all these components, but my UiP research over the past year enables me to describe the "bigger picture" here more than most. This is big.
I didn& #39;t "exclusively" find all these components, but my UiP research over the past year enables me to describe the "bigger picture" here more than most. This is big.
