Russians ‘Fancy Bear’ and ‘Cozy Bear’ Hacked DNC Servers

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(CNNThe suspected Russian hack of the Democratic National Committee is part of a wave of Russian cyber attacks aimed at political organizations and academic think tanks in Washington, US officials briefed on the investigations say.

Over the weekend, Wikileaks began publishing emails from the DNC. The group didn’t identify the source. But the campaign of presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton pointed the finger at Russia, saying the release of stolen emails was intended to help Republican nominee Donald Trump.
The FBI is investigating the DNC hack and has sent experts to meet with the Republican National Committee, as well as the major campaigns, to discuss their security measures, the officials say. No similar intrusions have so far been detected at the RNC or the campaigns of the two major party candidates, the officials say.
James Trainor, assistant director for FBI’s cyber division, told CNN in a recent interview that the bureau has been working with political organizations and think tanks to put more resources into the security of their computer networks. He wouldn’t discuss the DNC or the role of Russia, but spoke generally about the increased number of such intrusions.
“There’s been aggressive targeting of that sector, the various campaigns, think tanks in the Washington, DC area,” Trainor said.
The “targeting of any candidate or any party (that) has political intelligence,” Trainor said. “There’s value in information there if you’re a nation state actor, so (it) shouldn’t be surprising.”
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Glenn R. Geist
7 years ago

The “whistleblower” trope is from the Republican playbook. You see Obama is prosecuting more “whistleblowers” and that proves something. What it proves however is that people are not fact driven and oblivious to logical argument.

Glenn R. Geist
7 years ago

Because our law enforcement agencies have determined that no classified information was on that server. It’s OK by me that you are a malicious idiot and troll, but you can stop insulting the intelligence of your betters, jerk. And by your betters I mean my dog.

Now about the 22 million emails deleted from a private server in the Bush white house? Florida Governor Jeb Bush deleted massive amounts of email from a private server as well. Colin Powell had a private email system so why are you pretending to be shocked and disturbed by this? Well it’s obvious – you’re a troll with no interest in anything but destroying this country and all it stands for.

Are you even eligible to vote in the US Johann? Zurück, wo du herkommst.

Reply to  Glenn R. Geist
7 years ago

Sie ist eine Bernie oder Bust person

Johann Wagener
7 years ago

Are you serious? The Russians are the bad guys because they are blowing the whistle on our corrupt political system?

My question is, why are the Russians doing the job we pay our law enforcement agencies to do?

And, worse yet. Why are we chasing the whistle blower(s) instead of the perps?

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