Exposing the Guccifer 2.0 “GRU-Connected” Enterprise – An OSINT Analysis

Dear blog readers,I wanted to take the time and effort and elaborate more on the so called Guccifer 2.0 enterprise which basically represent a single lone hacker who basically made a high-profile Web site compromise and actually launched a social media… Continue reading Exposing the Guccifer 2.0 “GRU-Connected” Enterprise – An OSINT Analysis

There’s A Lot We Still Don’t Know About WikiLeaks’ Role In The 2016 Election

The Mueller report leaves some unanswered questions on Julian Assange and WikiLeaks’s role in the hack and leak against the DNC and John Podesta. Continue reading There’s A Lot We Still Don’t Know About WikiLeaks’ Role In The 2016 Election

Twitter shutters accounts linked to US election hacking

The move comes after special counsel Robert Mueller’s indictment of 12 Russians believed to have used the accounts as fronts in US election hacking. Continue reading Twitter shutters accounts linked to US election hacking

Justice Department Indicts 12 Russian Nationals Tied to 2016 Election Hacking

Indictments are part of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 elections. Continue reading Justice Department Indicts 12 Russian Nationals Tied to 2016 Election Hacking

Guccifer 2.0’s schoolboy error reveals he’s hacking from Moscow

Guccifer 2.0, the notorious hacker who is alleged to have compromised the computer systems of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and stolen opposition research on Donald Trump, has accidentally tipped his hand that he was working for Russian intel… Continue reading Guccifer 2.0’s schoolboy error reveals he’s hacking from Moscow

FBI Director: U.S. should expect Russian interference in 2018, 2020 elections

FBI Director James Comey expects that Russian intelligence services will launch similar influence operations against the 2018 congressional and 2020 presidential elections after finding success in 2016. “They’ll be back,” said Comey, who spoke Monday before the House Intelligence Committee. “They’ll be back in 2020. They may be back in 2018. One of the lessons they may draw from this is that they were successful because they introduced chaos and division and discord and sewed doubt about the nature of this amazing country of ours and our democratic process.” Russian attempts to “undermine the credibility” of American democracy, as Comey described it, differed last year from past cases of Kremlin interference. NSA Director Adm. Michael Rogers, who also testified Monday alongside Comey, said that the biggest difference evident in 2016 was the leaking of documents online and the resulting spread through media channels. “A big difference to me in the past […]

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