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It is strongly believed by US intelligence sources that the infiltrator groups are Russian foreign intelligence groups that breached the Democratic National Committee's computer systems. [2] These groups are known as Fancy Bear [3] and Cozy Bear (or "Sofacy"). [3] [4] CrowdStrike assisted with efforts to deal with the DCCC breach. [4]
[3] [5] SecureWorks, a cybersecurity firm headquartered in the United States, concluded that from March 2015 to May 2016, the "Fancy Bear" target list included not merely the DNC, but tens of thousands of foes of Putin and the Kremlin in the United States, Ukraine, Russia, Georgia, and Syria. Only a handful of Republicans were targeted, however.
Fancy Bear's targets have included Eastern European governments and militaries, the country of Georgia and the Caucasus, Ukraine, [25] security-related organizations such as NATO, as well as US defense contractors Academi (formerly known as Blackwater and Xe Services), Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), [26] Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Raytheon. [25]
On July 22, 2016, the DNC emails were published by WikiLeaks and Guccifer 2.0 tweeted that he was the hacker and WikiLeaks' source. [53] [54] On August 15, 2016, a candidate for Congress allegedly contacted Guccifer 2.0 to request information on the candidate's opponent. Guccifer 2.0 responded with the requested stolen information. [5]
A hacker named 'Guccifer 2.0' claims to have accessed the Democratic National Committee's servers without help.
Cozy Bear and fellow Russian hacking group Fancy Bear (likely GRU) were identified as perpetuating the Democratic National Committee intrusion. [2] While the two groups were both present in the DNC's servers at the same time, they appeared to operate independently. [ 29 ]
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