JDays before the Democratic National Convention, WikiLeaks publishes nearly 20,000 emails hacked from the DNC server. In response, the hackers create a persona called Guccifer 2.0, a self-described Romanian blogger who claims that he alone conducted the theft. According to the post, two groups called “Cozy Bear” and “Fancy Bear” tunneled into the committee’s computer system. JCrowdstrike, a cybersecurity firm hired by the DNC, posts a public notice on its website describing an attack on the political committee’s computer network by two groups associated with Russian intelligence. The Kremlin, however, denies that the government was linked to the hack and a US official tells CNN that investigators have not yet concluded that the cyberattack was directed by the Russian government. JThe Washington Post reports hackers working for the Russian government accessed the DNC’s computer system, stealing oppositional research on Trump and viewing staffers’ emails and chat exchanges. JDuring an interview on British television, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says that the website has obtained and will publish a batch of campaign emails. May-June 2016 - The hackers steal thousands of emails from the DNC server and begin to conceal their efforts. They ultimately access 33 DNC computers and anonymously register a website called DC Leaks to publicize the release of documents. That same month, hackers use stolen credentials to access the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee computer network, stealing data with malware. In the emails, the hackers embed a link purporting to direct the recipient to a document titled “hillaryclinton-favorable-rating.xlsx.” The link directs the recipients’ computers to a website operated by the hackers. The staffer replies with a typo - instead of typing “This is an illegitimate email,” the staffer types “This is a legitimate email.” Podesta follows the instructions and types a new password, allowing hackers to access his emails.Īpril 2016 - Hackers create a fake email account and use it to send spear-phishing emails to more than thirty Clinton staffers, according to investigators. He shares the email with a staffer from the campaign’s help desk. It contains a link to a page where Podesta can change his password. MaHillary Clinton’s campaign chairman John Podesta receives a phishing email masked as an alert from Google that another user had tried to access his account. DNC management later says that IT technicians failed to pass along the message that the system had been breached. November 2015 - The FBI reaches out to the DNC again, warning them that one of their computers is transmitting information back to Russia. A technician scans the system and does not find anything suspicious. September 2015 - The FBI contacts the Democratic National Committee’s help desk, cautioning the IT department that at least one computer has been compromised by Russian hackers. For details about investigations into hacking and efforts to interfere with the election, see 2016 Presidential Election Investigation Fast Facts. Here’s a look at hacking incidents during the 2016 presidential race between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.
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