As a PSYOP, it’s great:

- create account

- attempt to access whatever records, don’t worry about succeeding

- wait for US news to cause fragmentation

Undermining US unity is an objective of Russian influence, as we’ve seen from the spectrum of advocacy groups they funded ads for.

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There’s also the suspicious timing that this happened just as the US was engaged with Russia to negotiate peace in Ukraine — and that this embarrasses the regime doing so and encourages a feud with Russia. (As an indication that it may not be so simple.)

Spying is complicated.