A hacker using the pseudonymous Guccifer 2.0, claimed responsibility for the cyber-attack on the Democratic National Committee (DNC).
Yesterday, we blogged about the cyber-attack on the Democratic National Committee (DNC) that led a dossier of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Donald Trump. According to the US-based cyber security company CrowdStrike, two sophisticated Russian espionage groups, COZY BEAR and FANCY BEAR were behind the attacks basing that conclusion on specific techniques, tactics, and protocols (TTPs) uncovered during the company’s investigation of the breach – a lot can change in twenty-four hours!
Shortly after that blog was filed, a hacker going by the persona Guccifer 2.0, claimed responsibility for the DNC breach. Guccifer 2.0 is a play on a Romanian hacker calling himself Guccifer. Guccifer is believed to be the man behind hacking into Hillary Clinton’s personal email server, compromising thousands of sensitive US State Department documents,
Guffifer 2.0 ’s blog questions CrowdStrike’s conclusion that those behind the DNC attacks were sophisticated stating, “I’m very pleased the company appreciated my skills so highly))) But in fact, it was easy, very easy.” That’s not all. To prove his point, Guccifer 2.0 released several sensitive DNC documents including donor lists, strategy lists, and even a document titled “NATIONAL SECURITY TRANSITION PLANNING” detailing a timeline of activities of transitioning Secretary Hilary Clinton into the role of President after the November election.
This twist of events has called into question once again the value of attribution and it accuracy. As a threat intelligence…
