But if the phone hacking case and the discovery of this alleged message coincide, other elements cast doubt on this rumor. First, the two events cannot be linked. The hack allegedly took place in the summer while the Nord Stream sabotage took place in late September. To this temporal contradiction, the netizen behind the publication replies that the incriminating message is not related to this hack, but that he found it on “another phone”, but without substantiating his claims.
When asked more specifically about the elements that allow him to make this “revelation,” KimDotCom replies with a mysterious phrase. “The same kind of evidence that US intelligence sources anonymously provide to the US media and then report as fact.” As for knowing how he had access to the message in question, even there his answer is surprising. He admits he hasn’t seen it with his own eyes. “I didn’t have access to it,” he explains in a response to the press. He poses as a “retired data security expert” and says only that he learned about the exchange through “intelligence service talks”. He therefore peddles what appears to be mere hearsay.