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A lone hacker known as Guccifer 2.0 has claimed the sole responsibility for the for a cyber attack on the U.S. Democratic National Committee, revealing a series of documents allegedly extracted from DNC servers. This contradicts the initial DNC reports that Russia was behind the attack.
The hack was initially reported to be the work of the Russian government agencies on Tuesday by CrowdStrike, the cybersecurity firm hired by the DNC to investigate the data breach.
In the post, Guccifer 2 has mocked the cybersecurity firm saying that, "CrowdStrike announced that the Democratic National Committee (DNC) servers had been hacked by 'sophisticated' hacker groups. I'm very pleased the company appreciated my skills so highly))) But in fact, it was easy, very easy."
"Whether or not this posting is part of a Russian Intelligence disinformation campaign, we are exploring the documents' authenticity and origin. Regardless, these claims do nothing to lessen our findings relating to the Russian government's involvement, portions of which we have documented for the public and the greater security community."