Or this is bullshit, plain and simple . You don't think outgoing connections are unproxied and unmonitored at GRU (GRU, of all things ? This is military intelligence, BTW) , do you ?
They are just regular people. It's not a world of super spies. I am sure GRU is not that much different. Even the top folks eat corn flakes like everyone else.
People make mistakes all the time.
This might be bullshit but just saying so is hardly a compelling argument. I will wait for more evidence one way or another myself, with the obvious disclaimer that anything could be bullshit.