The man claims to be a developer of malware that affected the outcome of the latest presidential election in the United States.
A Russian hacker believed to be a member of a hacking collective called Lurk said in court over the summer that he was ordered by Russia's security services, known as the FSB, to hack the Democratic National Committee, Business Insider reports.
The Justice Department has identified more than six members of the Russian government involved in hacking the Democratic National Committee's computers and swiping sensitive information that became public during the 2016 presidential election, according to people familiar with the investigation, according to The Wall Street Journal (WSJ).
The New York Times in its recent article claimed a Ukrainian hacker known under the alias “Profexer” turned himself in earlier this year to the Ukrainian law enforcers, bound to become the first live witness to testify before the FBI in the DNC Russian hack case, according to Current Time.
U.S. President Donald Trump in a tweet on Tuesday, July 25, has accused Ukraine of sabotaging his election campaign in favor of Hillary Clinton.
Amid the unfolding investigation of the so-called “Russia collusion” involving Donald Trump campaign members, the Washington Post refutes allegations that contacts between the Democrats and representatives of Ukraine were of the same nature.
During an FBI Director confirmation hearing in the U.S. Senate July 12 GOP Senator Lindsay Graham asked Christopher Wray, Donald Trump’s pick for the top FBI post, to provide an assessment of reports on Ukraine’s interference in the U.S. presidential campaign in 2016, according to the Voice of America.
The campaign of Emmanuel Macron, the favorite to win France's presidential election, has been targeted by a cyber espionage group linked by some experts to the Russian military intelligence agency GRU, according to Reuters.