Biden's Son Drug Use and Sexual Activity Video Leaked... 'Where Did It Come From?' Questions Arise

"Russia May Have Hacked and Planted Data on Laptop to Intervene in Presidential Election"
"Attempting to Make It Appear as Naturally Leaked After Data Hacking"

U.S. presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden (left) and his son Hunter Biden [Source=Yonhap News archive photo]

[Asia Economy Reporter Hanah Na] There is an ongoing debate about the source of the massive leak of personal data belonging to Hunter Biden (50), son of Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden (78), as reported by the New York Post.

On the 15th (local time), U.S. NBC News reported that the FBI is investigating whether foreign intelligence agencies were involved in the large-scale leak of Hunter Biden's personal data. NBC also stated, "It has not been confirmed whether the emails reported by the New York Post (NYP) are genuine or fabricated."

It is reported that the initial location where the data was leaked was a computer repair shop in Delaware, Ohio. Hunter allegedly left the laptop containing the data at the repair shop.

The FBI suspects that adversarial countries such as Russia may have intervened to leak information unfavorable to candidate Biden and is focusing its investigation on identifying the source of the emails. Currently, the FBI has seized and is analyzing the laptop and hard disk copies containing Hunter's data.

NBC also raised doubts about the source of the leak, stating, "Many commentators find it suspicious that Hunter Biden would leave a laptop full of information proving his guilt at a repair shop," and added, "There is speculation that someone hacked Hunter's (cloud) accounts and then stored the data on the laptop to make it appear as if it was naturally leaked."

There are also suspicions about the incoherent statements made by the repair shop owner. The owner reportedly told the U.S. media Daily Beast that he contacted law enforcement after seeing the laptop files but later changed his story, saying the FBI came to find him.

Earlier, the New York Post (NYP) reported that an email containing a 12-minute video and several photos of sexual acts involving a person presumed to be Hunter inhaling cocaine with an unidentified woman was leaked.

Meanwhile, NYP articles related to Hunter have been blocked on social networking services (SNS) such as Facebook and Twitter due to unclear sources of the data. In response, the Republican Party has claimed this is "political censorship."

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