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Democrats Hacked, Personal Information Posted Online

Less than a day after a hacker, or group of hackers who go by the name, Guccifer 2.0 published personal information belonging to high-ranking members of the party, some lawmakers are getting bombarded with ugly messages.

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A hacker believed to be linked to Russian Federation has posted cellphone numbers and other personal information of almost 200 current and former congressional Democrats, including house minority leader Nancy Pelosi, in the latest public disclosure of sensitive records.

A hacker known as Guccifer 2.0 has claimed responsibility for the hack and for uploading the information to the Internet.

Twitter has become notorious for its its liberal bias under the direction of CEO Jack Dorsey, as well as its growing disdain for conservative media. But Democrat Hillary Clinton’s campaign has, implying that the goal was to benefit Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. The cyber attack was revealed last month on the eve of the Democratic National Convention. Russian Federation has denied involvement in the breach. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has high confidence the Russian government hacked party groups and the personal e-mails of political operatives, a person familiar with the findings said earlier this week. The registrant for the fake DCCC site was linked back to other web domains used by “Fancy Bear”.

“Upon landing, I have received scores of mostly obscene and sick calls, voicemails and text messages”, Pelosi said in her letter to colleagues.

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. Pelosi referred to that breach as an “electronic Watergate”. She said the Capitol Police and the House sergeant-at-arms are also conducting an ongoing threat assessment. Bernie Sanders. It also led Debbie Wasserman Schultz to resign as the chairperson of the Democratic National Committee.

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The leak follows penetrations of DNC computers and the party’s fundraising committee for its elected members of Congress called the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC).

Personal Information Of Nearly 200 US Democrats Leaked In Latest Hack