Thread: Hacker releases cell phone numbers, personal emails of House Democrats

Hacker releases cell phone numbers, personal emails of House Democrats

Updated 4:04 PM ET, Sat August 13, 2016

Washington (CNN)The hacker who goes by "Guccifer 2.0" is claiming credit for the release of personal cell phone numbers and private email addresses of Democratic House members.

The data -- posted to their WordPress blog on Friday night -- also contains the contact information for staff members and campaign aides.

In the trove of information released on Friday "Guccifer 2.0" also uploaded files to the blog post that contains login information to subscription services used by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, including Lexis-Nexis and Washington newspapers.

In a statement, DCCC Press Secretary Meredith Kelly said: "As previously noted, the DCCC has been the target of a cybersecurity incident, and we are cooperating with federal law enforcement in their ongoing investigation. We are aware of reports that documents claimed to be from our network have been released and are investigating their authenticity."

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Rep. Adam Schiff of California, the ranking Democratic on the House Intelligence committee, suggested a law enforcement probe is necessary.

"The unauthorized disclosure of people's personally identifiable information is never acceptable, and we can fully expect the authorities will be investigating the posting of this information," Schiff said. "I have every confidence that law enforcement will get to the bottom of this, and identify the responsible parties. And when they do, I hope the administration will disclose who is attempting to interfere with the American political process, and levy strong consequences against those responsible."

In addition to lawmakers' personal information, the hacker uploaded documents analyzing candidates for Florida's 18th congressional district, and a fundraiser memo to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi about Morgan Carroll's congressional campaign in Colorado.

The hacker wrote in the blog post, "It's time for new revelations now. All of you may have heard about the DCCC hack. As you see I wasn't wasting my time! It was even easier than in the case of the DNC breach."

The person claiming to be Guccifer 2.0 earlier posted several documents on the Internet and sent them to media outlets including Gawker, portraying the documents as coming from the hack of the Democratic National Committee's files. The documents included a file about Republican nominee Donald Trump and what looked like memos about DNC operations. But the claims made by the "Guccifer 2.0" individual were viewed with a dose of skepticism by experts who have analyzed the events.

There is no way to verify the identity of the individual known as Guccifer 2.0. The name is a reference to a Romanian hacker who pleaded guilty to hacking several prominent politicians and figures, including former Presidents George W. Bush and George H.W. Bush, who went online by Guccifer.

So far the administration has not publicly identified who it believes may be behind the hack. However, intelligence and law enforcement officials have told CNN Russia is the most likely suspect.

The hack of the DNC was originally discovered as being two separate breaches, both by hacking groups identified by cybersecurity experts as working for the Russian military and intelligence complex. One hack was said to have lasted a year and targeted internal communications, the other was for a few months and targeted opposition research on Donald Trump.

Federal investigators had tried to warn the DNC months before, sources told CNN, but by the time the suspected Russian hackers were kicked out of the systems damage had been done: Nearly 20,000 emails between a handful of DNC officials were dumped on the web by WikiLeaks as the Democratic National Convention was kicking off. The emails showing opposition to Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders during the primary led to the resignation of DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz on the eve of the convention and departure of more party officials later.

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In July, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said he believed his group's release of hacked Democratic National Committee emails affected the 2016 election, adding the group is holding unreleased information about Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.

"We have more material related to the Hillary Clinton campaign," Assange told CNN's Anderson Cooper on "Anderson 360" on July 29. "That is correct to say that."

On Saturday, Rep. Jason Chaffetz, chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, offered words of sympathy for House Democrats.
"Russia-linked hacker leaks House Democrats' cell phones, emails http://www.politico.com/story/2016/0...-phones-226979 ... So, so wrong. I hope authorities prosecute," tweeted the Utah Republican.

On Thursday, Pelosi cited reports that the hack of the DNC was even broader than had been made public, labeling the episode an "electronic Watergate."

"Let me just say this in terms of the presidential campaign: This is an electronic Watergate," Pelosi said. "This is a break-in."

A US official this week confirmed a report -- first in the New York Times -- that the hack of the DNC was broader than had previously been known.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/12/politi...cker-dnc-dccc/

Guccifer 2.0 returns: Hacker leaks internal files from second Democratic Party group

Suspected Russian hacker releases phone numbers and emails for House Democrats.


Democratic Party presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has been the focus of many of the leaksChip Somodevilla/Getty

August 13, 2016 10:03 BST

Guccifer 2.0, the hacker believed to have played a role in at least one breach at Democratic National Committee (DNC), has leaked a fresh batch of documents, memos and passwords – this time from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC).


Seven documents were made public by the suspected Russian hacker. They include a spreadsheet of congressional contacts' phone numbers and email addresses, internal memos and what purports to be documents stolen from the computer of Nancy Pelosi, the highest-ranking Democrat in Congress.


Also included in the alleged leak are usernames and passwords for a range of shared subscription services – from the Wall Street Journal to GlennBeck.com.

The password for the latter – if the data dump is legitimate – was 'nutbag'. Other credentials are related to Gmail, Twitter and Kindle.


Previously, Guccifer 2.0 – which some believe is a propaganda persona maintained by Russian intelligence – released a trove of internal files from the Democratic National Congress (DNC) – including a strategic playbook compiled on presidential candidate Donald Trump and more than 200 documents relating to the Democrat's presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.


"It's time for new revelations now," Guccifer 2.0 wrote in a blog post on 12 August. "All of you may have heard about the DCCC hack. As you see I wasn't wasting my time! It was even easier than in the case of the DNC breach."


The statement, which accompanied the fresh leak, continued: "As you see the US 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 ramifications of the DNC hack are still being felt in the political party, especially after the release of 20,000 internal emails by whistleblowing outfit WikiLeaks last month which appeared to suggest DNC officials clearly favoured Hillary Clinton over rival candidate Sanders. It remains unknown if it was Guccifer 2.0 who provided the emails to WikiLeaks, but the website's founder, Julian Assange, recently rubbished such suggestions.


The focus on high-ranking politician Nancy Pelosi, who is the minority leader of the US House of Representatives, aligns with Guccifer 2.0's previous behaviour of selectively releasing information to get maximum impact. Most recently, on 11 August, Pelosi called the DNC hack an "electronic Watergate".

The Guccifer 2.0 statement continued: "I wonder what happened to the true democracy, to the equal opportunities, the things we love the United States for.

The big money bags are fighting for power today. I do believe that people have right to know what's going on inside the election process in fact. To make a long story short, here are some DCCC docs from their server. Make use of them."


The FBI, which is investigating the hacks and leaks from Democratic Party-related groups and politicians, has been forced to broaden the scope of its probe after it emerged the hackers' campaign was far more aggressive than previously believed. According to The New York Times, more than 100 political figures were potentially breached.


The White House has refrained from blaming any specific hacking group or government for the hacks, which some see as part of a plot to influence the upcoming US election. Meanwhile, cybersecurity firms have produced evidence that at least two Russian state-sponsored groups – dubbed Cosy Bear and Fancy Bear – were involved in the DNC infiltration.


While the Obama Administration has declined to place blame on Putin's intelligence services, Hillary Clinton has been less subtle in attributing the hacks to Russia.


"We know that Russian intelligence services, which are part of the Russian government, which is under the firm control of Vladimir Putin, hacked into the DNC. We know that they arranged for a lot of those emails to be released," Clinton said in an interview aired on 31 July.


Officials from the Kremlin have consistently denied playing any role in the hacks. Less than 24 hours after the data dump was released, the Guccifer 2.0 Twitter account was suspended.

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/guccifer-2-...-group-1575818

I think blaming the Russians for what any good hack can do is "DANGEROUS", "RECKLESS" and "PERILOUS". She is unfit to be President. And to all those stupid Republicans refusing to back Trump because they think Trump doesn't have the right temperament, you're all phony baloney.