Grand Jury Indicts 12 Russian Officers for Democrat Hacking in 2016 Election
A federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., charged 12 Russian intelligence officers with federal crimes for hacking into Democratic Party computer networks in an effort to interfere with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, said DOJ Friday. The defendants are members…
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of the GRU, a Russian Federation intelligence agency within the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Russian military, said DOJ. They allegedly hacked into networks for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the Democratic National Committee and the presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton, and leaked information on the internet, identifying themselves as "DCLeaks" and "Guccifer 2.0.”