Lone Hacker Taking Credit For DNC Breach Is Likely Russian, Says Researcher

Guccifer 2.0 claimed responsibility for the breach at the Democratic National Committee, then leaked stolen documents about Donald Trump to prove it.

Investigators pinned this weeks
Democratic National Committee data breach
on two Russian state-sponsored advanced threat groups, Cozy Bear and Fancy Bear. Yet, shortly thereafter, an anonymous actor, going by the name Guccifer 2.0, claimed individual responsibility for the DNC attack, and supported their claim by releasing what appeared to be documents stolen from the DNC,
reported Ars Technica
.
Much is unknown about Guccifers involvement or relationships with the advanced threat actors or the Kremlin; but what does seem clear is Guccifers Russian heritage. Private security researcher PwnAllTheThings highlighted evidence,
reports Ars Technica
.
The researcher says the first clue is in the computer name Феликс Эдмундович obtained from the metadata inside the hacker’s Word document. This indicates the computer was configured to use Russian language. Translated, this name is Felix Dzerzhinsky who was founder of the Soviet secret police.
The second suggestion, says PwnAllTheThings, comes from the leaked Donald Trump Word document which carries a break in a link displaying the message “Error! Hyperlink reference not valid.” This document, when converted to a PDF file by Guccifer 2.0 and posted on Gawker, carries this same message, but in Russian.
The third hint is the use of ))) in Guccifer 2.0’s blog post, which, says PwnAllTheThings, is a smiley used by people in Eastern Europe and Russia.
PwnAllTheThings adds clues suggest the hacker may not be native English speaking and also thinks the culprit is unlikely to be a nation-state.
For more details,
read here
.

Last News
▸ Security Problem Growing for Dairy Queen, UPS & Retailers, Back off ◂ Discovered: 23/12/2024 Category: security	▸ Veritabile Defecte de Proiectare a Securitatii in Software -> Top 10 Software Security Design Flaws ◂ Discovered: 23/12/2024 Category: security	▸ Sony, XBox Targeted by DDoS Attacks, Hacktivist Threats ◂ Discovered: 23/12/2024 Category: security

**Cyber Security Categories**
Google Dorks Database	Exploits Vulnerability	Exploit Shellcodes

CVE List

Tools/Apps

News/Aarticles

Phishing Database

Deepfake Detection

Trends/Statistics & Live Infos

Tags:
Lone Hacker Taking Credit For DNC Breach Is Likely Russian, Says Researcher