Stolen cell phone numbers and email addresses that allegedly belong to Democratic lawmakers were published online Friday night by the same Russian government-linked hacker who has taken credit for other cyber attacks on Democratic organizers.
The hacker, who goes by the moniker Guccifer 2.0, published hundreds of phone numbers, email addresses, passwords, and other personal information as part of the latest document dump, which were purportedly stolen as part of a cyber attack on the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
“As you see the U.S. presidential elections are becoming a farce, a big political performance where the voters are far from playing the leading role. Everything is being settled behind the scenes as it was with Bernie Sanders,” the hacker wrote in a blog post accompanying the dump. He also urged readers to “make use” of the information published.
The same hacker claimed responsibility for the attack on the Democratic National Committee, which lead to Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s (D-FL) resignation as chair.
The FBI is reportedly investigating the DCCC hack. As CNN reported late last month, U.S. officials tried to warn the DNC about a possible cyber intrusion months before staffers acted to contain the threat. U.S. officials have blamed the hack on cyber criminals linked to the Russian government, which has driven speculation about whether Vladimir Putin is acting trying to sway the U.S. election to help Donald Trump’s campaign.
Many people say, it is Interesting that these hackers only targets Democrats, the Republicans must know something.
Yes. I’ve been saying for years that American Republicans act exactly the same as Soviet Communists did. There is no doubt in my mind that Putin is using every tool at his disposal–from Assange, Wikileaks, RT, and his hackers to benefit his pals in the GOP!
If they are already reduced to flushing out personal info and essentially crying, “See! It’s rigged!” with no there there, seems to me they have nothing.
Must be very disappointing for them, and for Trump’s master, Putin.
Well that takes the air out of ‘many’ Republican apologists rants…it WAS the Russians. Now to uncover WHY they target the Dems? C’mon Donald, spew.
Seems to be much ado about not much. No smoking gun, at least as yet.
I don’t get it…it just seems too obvious. Why are the Russians so flagrantly taunting the US? Something deeper has to be going on, no?
They must know Trump is a lost cause, unless they have a helluva October surprise.