Guccifer 2.0 is the guy who is leaking all of Hillary's emails and documents. Who is he? From Motherboard:
‘Guccifer 2.0’ Is Likely a Russian Government Attempt To Cover Up Their Own Hack
On Wednesday, a hacker calling themselves “Guccifer 2.0” claimed responsibility for hacking into the servers of the Democratic Party and stealing “thousands” of documents, including oppo research into Donald Trump. The individual, who called themselves a “lone hacker,” also made fun of the American security company CrowdStrike for accusing two Russian intelligence agencies of being behind the hack.
“I’m very pleased the company appreciated my skills so highly,” the hacker wrote in their blog post. “But in fact, it was easy, very easy [...] Fuck the Illuminati and their conspiracies!!!!!!!!! Fuck CrowdStrike!!!!!!!!!”
However, considering a long trail of breadcrumbs pointing back to Russia left by the hacker, as well as other circumstantial evidence, it appears more likely that Guccifer 2.0 is nothing but a disinformation or deception campaign by Russian state-sponsored hackers to cover up their own hack—and a hasty and sloppy one at that.
The main element pointing to Russia is the timeline of the events. For a year, hackers with ties to the Russian government—likely the FSB and the military GRU—were inside the servers of the DNC, stealing documents and even reading chats and emails, according to CrowdStrike and The Washington Post. Then, after the IT people at the DNC noticed weird network activities and called in CrowdStrike, the hackers got kicked out. This led to the operation being exposed in the media.
An interesting theory - well supported and documented.
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