The hacker Guccifer 2.0 has had his Twitter account suspended after he successfully hacked servers from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC).
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The House IT system was not compromised, the House Chief Administrative Officer said in a campus-wide email, according to a letter that House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi sent to members earlier Saturday. At the time, officials said it appears similar to a hack on the Democratic National Committee.
The potential Russian involvement in the cyber attack has ignited a fierce campaign debate, with Democrats accusing the Russians of trying to aid Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.
U.S. House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi said on Saturday she has been flooded with “obscene and sick” calls and text messages after a hacker linked to Russian Federation posted personal contact information online for her and hundreds of other Democratic lawmakers and aides.
The breach targeted the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and other Democratic Party entities, Pelosi said in a statement. Pelosi is advising fellow Democrats to change their cellphone numbers and not let family members read their text messages after personal and official information of Democratic House members and congressional staff was posted online. Reuters previously reported that the FBI is investigating the hack.
Intelligence officials, other firms and Democrats have also accused operatives supported by the Russian government of hacking the Democratic National Committee this year.
Like Assange, Guccifer isn’t the biggest Hillary Clinton fan, or a fan of mainstream politics in general, calling the United States political system a “farce”.
“On a personal note, I was in the air flying from Florida to California when the news broke”. The Capitol Police and the House Sergeant-at-Arms are looking at what vulnerabilities there may be from the hack.
Ramsey, in a memo distributed by Pelosi, advised lawmakers to change passwords to all email accounts that they use and strongly consider changing non-House email addresses if possible. Debbie Wasserman Schultz as chair of the DNC.
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“We have more material related to the Hillary Clinton campaign. But I do believe that people have [a] right to know what’s going on inside the election process in fact”, the post continued.
