Mueller probe indicts 12 Russians with hacking Democrats in 2016
The 12 were members of the GRU and are accused of engaging in a sustained effort to hack the computer networks of Democratic organizations and the Hillary Clinton campaign. washingtonpost.com/world/national…
"On July 6, according to the indictment, WikiLeaks wrote, “if you have anything Hillary related we want it in the next tweo [sic] days prefable [sic] because the DNC [Democratic National Convention] is approaching and she will solidify bernie supporters behind her after,”
WikiLeaks explained, “we think trump has only a 25% chance of winning against hillary . . . so conflict between bernie and hillary is interesting.”
Charged:
VIKTOR BORISOVICH NETYKSHO,
BORIS ALEKSEYEVICH ANTONOV,
DMITRIY SERGEYEVICH BADIN,
IVAN SERGEYEVICH YERMAKOV,
ALEKSEY VIKTOROVICH LUKASHEV, SERGEY ALEKSANDROVICH MORGACHEV, NIKOLAY YURYEVICH KOZACHEK, PAVEL VYACHESLAVOVICH YERSHOV,"
"ARTEM ANDREYEVICH MALYSHEV,
ALEKSANDR VLADIMIROVICH *
OSADCHUK, ALEKSEY ALEKSANDROVICH POTEMKIN, and ANATOLIY SERGEYEVIC
KOVALEV" justice.gov/file/1080281/d…
"on or about April 15, 2016, the Conspirators searched one hacked DCCC computer for terms that included “hillary,” “cruz,” and “trump.” The Conspirators also copied select DCCC folders, including “Benghazi Investigations.”
"the Conspirators compressed gigabytes of data from DNC computers, including opposition research. The Conspirators later moved the compressed DNC data using X-Tunnel to a GRU-leased computer located in Illinois."
Between May 25 and June 1, "the Conspirators hacked the DNC Microsoft Exchange Server and stole thousands of emails from the work accounts of DNC employees. During that time, YERMAKOV researched PowerShell commands related to accessing and managing the Microsoft Exchange Server"
"Company 1 took steps to exclude intruders from the networks. Despite these efforts, a Linux-based version of X-Agent, programmed to communicate with the GRU-registered domain linuxkrnl.net, remained on the DNC network until in or around October"
GRU hackers also stole files from cloud-hosted DNC servers by using the service's backup system and transferring the backups to another account they set up with the same service.
Lukashev set up the computers used to phish Podesta and other Clinton campaign officials.
Potemkin set up DCLeaks to distribute the stolen data.
The U.S. government confirmed Guccifer 2.0's access to the DNC by matching specific search terms sent by the GRU hackers with terms used by the Guccifer 2 persona.
On or about July 14, 2016, the GRU hackers using the Guccifer 2.0 persona, sent Wikileaks an email with instructions on how to access the stolen DNC data. On or about July 18, 2016, Wikileaks confirmed it had the data and would make a release of the stolen documents “this week.”
"The Conspirators funded the purchase of computer infrastructure for their hacking activity in part by “mining” bitcoin. Individuals and entities can mine bitcoin by allowing their computing power to be used to verify and record payments on the bitcoin public ledger"
" Defendant ANATOLIY SERGEYEVICH KOVALEV (Ковалев Анатолий Сергеевич)
was an officer in the Russian military assigned to Unit 74455 who worked in the GRU’s 22 Kirova Street building"
"OSADCHUK and KOVALEV were GRU officers who knowingly and intentionally conspired with each other and with persons, known and unknown to the Grand Jury,
to hack into the computers of U.S. persons and entities responsible for the administration of 2016 U.S. elections"
Former Democratic Rep. Brad Ashford (D-NE) claims he was also a victim of hacking: "With indictments today, I can reveal that my Campaign emails were hacked by Russian agents in 2016" thebea.st/2NeH91i
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