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Nice myth building but Bellingcat exposed an entire generation of GRU agents by noticing their fake passport numbers were sequential. These people are not very
by gmerc 3y ago
Nice myth building but Bellingcat exposed an entire generation of GRU agents by noticing their fake passport numbers were sequential.
These people are not very smart at all, when you look at recent investigations done on shoestring budgets, many got exposed by extremely simple tradecraft errors and information that can be straight bought from Russian data brokers.
These people are not smart, it’s the western European services that are incompetent, ideologically blind and outdated.
- jojobas 3y agoThey are not exactly dumb, but they didn't need to be smart given how apathetic European security agencies have been for decades. Of course, Bellingcat barely scratched the surface and mainly exposed glorified hitmen rather than actual influence and information agents. There are still probably thousands of illegals with large amounts of legalized money, wide acquaintance networks and zero interest from who should be on top of their arses.