H@cker Guccifer 2.0 who stole Democratic National Committee emails during 2016 election uncovered as Russian intelligence agent after forgetting to turn on encryption.

Guccifer 2.0, the ‘lone H@cker’ who stole Democratic National Committee emails during the 2016 presidential election, was a Russian intelligence agent.

The unnamed officer claimed to be a lone Romanian H@cker, but was instead working for a military intelligence agency in Russia known as GRU, The Daily Beast reported.

US investigators were able to trace the person’s identity when they failed to activate the VPN client before logging on.

A Moscow-based Internet Protocol address was left in the server logs of an American social media company, The Daily Beast report.
Guccifer 2.0 was uncovered as a particular GRU officer working out of the agency’s headquarters on Grizodubovoy Street in Moscow.

The revelation is likely to deepen suspicions that Russia attempted to interfere in the US elections.

Guccifer 2.0 used platforms such as WordPress and Twitter to publicise a series of leaks in 2016, seemingly to damage Hillary Clinton’s campaign.

These included emails between her campaign staff and Democratic National Committee employees, and the Hillary Clinton Foundation donor database.

The H@cker also proclaimed that the DNC’s stolen documents were in WikiLeaks’ hands.

 

 

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