The 2016 U.S. elections are nearly approaching. However, there has been reported interferences in the computer servers. The Russian government was accused by the Obama administration on cyber attacking the political process.
The Obama administration formally accused the Russian leaders of cyber interfering the upcoming U.S. elections on Friday, October 7, 2016. According to Washington Post, the Russian government attempted to interfere with the 2016 elections by disclosing emails and stealing data from the Democratic National Committee (DNC) computer servers, other prominent institutions and individuals.
The Guardian has cited the different shorthand names of the hacking group namely the Advance Persistent Threat (APT) 28, Sofacy Group, and the moniker Fancy Bear which is believed to be operating under Russia's largest intelligence service.
All of which were believed to be a part of a single operation who aims to disclose digital systems, U.S. Security firms claimed.
With that being said, the Department of Homeland Security and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence has officially released a joint statement as noted via The Atlantic,
"The recent disclosures of alleged hacked e-mails on sites like DCLeaks.com and WikiLeaks and by the Guccifer 2.0 online persona are consistent with the methods and motivations of Russian-directed efforts. These thefts and disclosures are intended to interfere with the US election process. Such activity is not new to Moscow-the Russians have used similar tactics and techniques across Europe and Eurasia, for example, to influence public opinion there. We believe, based on the scope and sensitivity of these efforts, that only Russia's senior-most officials could have authorized these activities."
The hack of the DNC computer servers was officially and initially claimed by the Guccifer 2.0, an independent Romanian hacker. The said hacker was concluded to be a public persona of a Russian hacking group by security analysts.
