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Putin Ordered Theft of Clinton's Emails from DNC, Russian Hacker Confesses

posted by mrpg on Thursday December 14 2017, @01:47PM   Printer-friendly
from the make-russia-great-again dept.

DeathMonkey writes:

A Russian hacker accused of stealing from Russian banks reportedly confessed in court that he hacked the U.S. Democratic National Committee (DNC) and stole Hillary Clinton's emails under the direction of agents from Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB).

According to Russian news site The Bell, Konstantin Kozlovsky, a Russian citizen working for a hacker group called Lurk, confessed to hacking Clinton's emails during a hearing about his arrest in August. An audio recording and minutes from the hearing were posted on Kozlovsky's Facebook page, and their authenticity was reportedly confirmed by The Bell.

In a handwritten letter that also appears in a photo on his Facebook page, Kozlovsky admits to hacking the DNC on the orders of an FSB agent he called "Ilya."

Putin Ordered Theft Of Clinton's Emails From DNC, Russian Hacker Confesses

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 15 2017, @02:08AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 15 2017, @02:08AM (#610043)

    Russia Hacked 'Older' Republican Emails, FBI Director Says [wired.com]

    FBI Director James Comey tells Congress the same hackers who breached the DNC also penetrated the RNC's older email domains and state-level GOP targets.