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"Guccifer
2.0" is a persona which claimed to be the
hacker(s) that hacked into the
Democratic National Committee (DNC) computer network and then
leaked its documents to the media,[1][2]
the website
WikiLeaks,[3][4][5][6][7]
and a conference event.[8]
According to
indictments in February 2018, the persona is operated by
Russian military intelligence (GRU).[9]
Some of the documents Guccifer 2.0 released to the media appear to be forgeries
cobbled together from public information and previous hacks, which had been
salted with disinformation.[10][11][12]
On July 13, 2018,
Special Counsel
Robert Mueller indicted 12 GRU agents for allegedly perpetrating the
cyberattacks.[9]
The
U.S. Intelligence Community concluded that some of the genuine leaks that
Guccifer 2.0 has said were part of a
series of cyberattacks on the DNC were committed by two Russian intelligence
groups.[13][14][15][16][17][18]
This conclusion is based on analyses conducted by various private sector
cybersecurity individuals and firms, including
CrowdStrike,[19][20]
Fidelis Cybersecurity,[20][21]
Fireeye's
Mandiant,[20]
SecureWorks,[22]
ThreatConnect,[23]
Trend
Micro,[24]
and the security editor for
Ars
Technica.[25]
The Russian government denies involvement in the theft,[26]
and "Guccifer 2.0" denied links to Russia.[27][28]
WikiLeaks founder
Julian Assange said that multiple parties had access to DNC emails and that
there was "no proof" that Russia was behind the attack.[29]
According to various cybersecurity firms and U.S. government officials, Guccifer
2.0 is a persona that was created by Russian intelligence services to cover
for their interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.[30][31]
In March 2018, Special Counsel Robert Mueller took over investigation of
Guccifer 2.0 from the FBI while it was reported that forensic determination had
found the Guccifer 2.0 persona to be a "particular
military intelligence directorate (GRU) officer working out of the agency’s
headquarters on Grizodubovoy Street in Moscow".[32]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guccifer_2.0
-- 2016 --
August 24: [Roger] Stone Begins Messaging
with Guccifer 2.0
https://themoscowproject.org/collusion/stone-begins-messaging-guccifer-2-0/
September 14: Guccifer
2.0 strikes again: DNC chair blames 'Russian agents'
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/09/14/guccifer-20-strikes-again-dnc-chair-says-party-victim-russian-cyberattack/90343294/
-- 2017 --
March 9: Trump adviser communicated with
Russian hackers before election
Roger Stone appeared to know about documents the hackers had stolen before they
were published.
https://thinkprogress.org/robert-stone-exchanged-messages-guccifer-2-0-f9e75f15d1aa/
July 24: Intel Vets Challenge ‘Russia Hack’
Evidence
In a memo to President Trump, a group of former U.S. intelligence officers,
including NSA specialists, cite new forensic studies to challenge the claim of
the key Jan. 6 “assessment” that Russia “hacked” Democratic emails last year.
https://consortiumnews.com/2017/07/24/intel-vets-challenge-russia-hack-evidence/
July 24:
Jared Kushner Claims a ‘Guccifer’ Imposter Demanded Bitcoin to Keep Trump's
Taxes Secret
During the transition, Kushner reportedly met with Russian Ambassador Sergey
Kislyak for the purpose of establishing a
secret line of communication between the Trump team and the Kremlin.
Apparently, this was an attempt to circumvent US intelligence eavesdropping,
according to the
Washington Post.
Kushner’s security clearance form did not originally list any contacts with
foreign government officials; he now claims the form was submitted early due to
a “miscommunication” with an assistant. (He also initially failed to disclose
dozens of financial holdings.)
“On October 30, 2016, I received a random email from the screenname
Guccifer400,” Kushner said. “This email, which I interpreted as a hoax, was an
extortion attempt and threatened to reveal candidate Trump’s tax returns and
demanded that we send him 52 bitcoin in exchange for not publishing that
information.”
https://gizmodo.com/jared-kushner-claims-a-guccifer-imposter-demanded-bit-1797196345
September 26: 'Guccifer' calls Fox from
Romania, says he shouldn't be sent back to U.S.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/guccifer-calls-fox-from-romania-says-he-shouldnt-be-sent-back-to-u-s
-- 2018 --
March 22:
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-probe-overlooked-most-trump-russia-contacts-report-claims-n858931
March 22: Government knows DNC hacker was
Russian intel officer
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/379866-government-knows-dnc-hacker-was-russian-intel-officer-report
March 22: Lone DNC Hacker’ Guccifer 2.0
Slipped Up and Revealed He Was a Russian Intelligence Officer
Robert Mueller’s team has taken over the investigation of Guccifer 2.0, who
communicated with (and was defended by) longtime Trump adviser Roger Stone.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/exclusive-lone-dnc-hacker-guccifer-20-slipped-up-and-revealed-he-was-a-russian-intelligence-officer
March 23: GAME-CHANGER -- Guccifer 2.0 is a
Russian Intelligence Officer. Does That Mean Trump Team Colluded?
Whoever assisted a Kremlin intelligence officer regarding the DNC hack is open
to a charge of criminal conspiracy. None other than Roger Stone already said
they talked.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/guccifer-20-is-a-russian-agent-does-that-mean-trump-team-colluded
March 23: Guccifer
2.0 unmasking makes it a lot harder for Trump to deny collusion
https://news.vice.com/en_ca/article/paxb8z/guccifer-unmasking-trump-russia-collusion
March 23: Guccifer 2.0 Revelation Shows That
Trump’s Campaign Appeared To Be Actively Colluding With Russian Government
https://www.inquisitr.com/4837363/guccifer-2-0-revelation-shows-that-trumps-campaign-appeared-to-be-actively-colluding-with-russian-government/
April 3: What Mueller's Most Conspicuous
Silence Suggests
The theft of emails from Democratic officials seems like the most likely avenue
for proving collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign—but the special
counsel never mentions it.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/04/listening-to-the-sound-of-silence/557102/
May 11: Former Trump aide Sam Nunberg
summoned to meet with Senate panel
Nunberg told ABC News that he received a letter request from the committee on
Friday to submit the documents by May 24. He was also asked to appear before the
committee in a closed interview.
The letter, obtained by ABC News, asks for communications that mention "Russia
or Russian persons, organizations, interests or WikiLeaks, Julian Assange,
DCLeaks,
Guccifer 2.0, or
John Podesta," from June 16, 2015, to January 20, 2017.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-aide-sam-nunberg-summoned-meet-senate-panel/story?id=55104534
July 13:
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Indictment ... In or around 2016, the Russian
Federation ("Russia") operated a military intelligence agency called the Main
Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff ("GRU"). The GRU had multiple
units, including Units 26165 and 74455, engaged in cyber operations that
involved the staged releases of documents stolen through computer intrusions.
These units conducted large-scale cyber operations to interfere with the 2016
U.S. presidential election.
https://www.justice.gov/file/1080281/download
July 13: US indicts 12 Russians for hacking
DNC emails during the 2016 election
Deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein announces that 12 individuals have been
charged as part of the investigation into Russian interference
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/13/russia-indictments-latest-news-hacking-dnc-charges-trump-department-justice-rod-rosenstein
July 13: What the Latest Mueller Indictment
Reveals About Guccifer 2.0, the “Lone Hacker” Who Was Really a Group of Russian
Agents
https://slate.com/technology/2018/07/the-mueller-indictment-and-guccifer-2-0-what-we-now-know.html
July 13: Roger Stone Said Hacker Guccifer
2.0 Was Not a Russian Agent—Mueller's Indictment Says Otherwise
https://www.newsweek.com/roger-stone-mueller-hacking-guccifer-1024080
July 13: The Four Clues in Mueller’s
Indictment That Point to Collusion
The indictment is carefully worded not to freak out the
White House—but a close reading suggests Mueller is just getting started.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/07/clues-in-muellers-indictment-point-to-collusion
July 13: Republican political operative
Roger Stone insists he did not pass any information sent to him by Russian
intelligence front Guccifer 2.0 to the Trump 2016 campaign, he told The Daily
Caller Friday.
Stone provided a screenshot of his conversation with Guccifer 2.0 to TheDC,
which has previously been made public. The screenshot indicates his Twitter
exchange was listed in a recent indictment by Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
The
indictment targeted 12 Russian nationals for orchestrating hacks on the
Democratic Party and distributing them via social media during the 2016
presidential election.
The indictment confirmed that the account Stone was communicating with was a
front for Russian military intelligence outfit the “GRU.”
https://dailycaller.com/2018/07/13/roger-stone-denies-sharing-guccifer-information-trump-campaign/
July 13: Florida
Republicans play starring roles in Russia hacking indictment
The new indictment of Russian military officials who hacked Democrats
during the 2016 presidential elections has Florida written all over it.
Two Florida Republicans and possibly a third — Rep.
Brian Mast
— play starring roles in the
indictment, although none is named.
Unlike President Donald Trump‘s former political adviser Roger Stone and
political operative Aaron Nevins, Mast’s identity is the least certain of any of
the Florida Republicans hinted at in the indictment. The indictment released
Friday
details how a dozen Russian military officers used an online persona called
“Guccifer 2.0” to disseminate information they stole from the Democratic
Congressional Campaign Committee and the Democratic National Committee, which
was led at the time by Rep.
Debbie
Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.).
https://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2018/07/13/florida-republicans-play-starring-roles-in-russia-hacking-indictment-510037
July 13: Mueller Indictment Alleges
Candidate For Congress Asked Guccifer 2.0 For Stolen Docs
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/congressional-candidate-received-stolen-documents-russia-2016
July 14: ‘I Probably Am the Person Referred
to’ in Russian Hacking Indictment, Says Trump Adviser Roger Stone
http://fortune.com/2018/07/14/russia-indictment-roger-stone/
July 14: Trump responds to Russian hacking
indictment by blaming Obama administration
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-responds-to-russian-indictment-by-blaming-obama/
July 14: Trump Faults Obama for US Response
to Russian Hacking
President Donald Trump scolds the Obama administration for not responding
aggressively enough to Russian hacking of Democratic targets in the 2016 U.S.
election.
https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2018-07-14/indictment-ties-russian-government-to-election-hacking
July 14: Twitter suspends Guccifer 2.0 and
DCLeaks accounts after indictmen
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/technology/397045-twitter-suspends-guccifer-20-and-dcleaks-accounts-after
July 15:
Tracing Guccifer 2.0’s Many Tentacles in the 2016 Election
The message from WikiLeaks in July 2016 to a group of Russian
intelligence officers who prosecutors say were posing as a Romanian hacker named
Guccifer 2.0 urged swift action before the opening of the Democratic National
Convention that month.
“If you have anything hillary related we want it in the next tweo days prefable
because the DNC is approaching,” the error-ridden message read. “and she will
solidify bernie supporters behind her after.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/15/us/politics/guccifer-russia-mueller.html
July 16: The Briefing: Who to trust —
Rosenstein or Guccifer 2.0?
https://buffalonews.com/2018/07/16/the-briefing-who-to-trust-rosenstein-or-guccifer-2-0/
July 24: What the Latest Mueller Indictment
Reveals About WikiLeaks’ Ties to Russia—and What It Doesn’t
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/what-the-latest-mueller-indictment-reveals-about-wikileaks-ties-to-russia-and-what-it-doesnt
July 31:
A British IT manager and former hacker from Darlington ran a disinformation
campaign that duped former US intelligence agents and provided Donald Trump with
manufactured “evidence” to deny that Russia interfered with the US election
-- 2019 --
January 8: For Trump adviser Roger Stone, an
uncomfortable legal limbo persists
https://www.yahoo.com/gma/trump-adviser-roger-stone-uncomfortable-legal-limbo-persists-093018956--abc-news-topstories.html
-- 2020 --
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