WASHINGTON DC – Reports surfaced over the weekend that points squarely at a Russian intelligence group that was the source of the most recent Wikileaks email dump – this one aimed at influencing the U.S. election.
Cybersecurity experts confirmed – based on digital forensic evidence – that a hacking group backed by Russian President Vladimir Putin broke into the email system of the Democrat Party, stole thousands of sensitive messages and then published them through an obliging third party in a way that was strategically timed to influence the United States presidential election, damaging Democrat nominee Hillary Clinton.
On Friday, Wikileaks published 20,000 emails stolen from the Democratic National Committee. They reveal, among other things, thuggish infighting, a push by a top DNC official to use Bernie Sanders’ religious convictions against him in the South, and attempts to strong-arm media outlets. In other words, they reveal the Washington campaign monster for what it is.
Considerable evidence shows that the Wikileaks dump was an orchestrated act by the Russian government, working through proxies, to undermine Hillary Clinton’s Presidential campaign.
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