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Guccifer 2.0 Calls DNC Hack His "Personal Project," Mocks Security Firms (computerworld.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the love-of-the-game dept.

An anonymous reader writes: The notorious hacker most recently in the news for releasing Clinton Foundation documents has said on Thursday in a blog post that the stolen confidential files from the DNC was his "personal project." Guccifer 2.0, as he identifies himself as, added that security firms and the DNC may be trying to blame the attack on Russia, but "they can prove nothing! All I hear is blah-blah-blah, unfounded theories, and somebody's estimates," he wrote. He claims to be Romanian and says he acted alone, pouring water on the theory that he may be a "smokescreen" to divert attention away from the real culprits, that may have been expert hacking teams based in Russia. "I'd like to reveal a secret to all those cool IT-specialists: All the hackers in the world use almost the same tools," he said. "You can buy them or simply find them on the web." He broke into the network using a little-known vulnerability found in the DNC's software, he added. "The DNC used Windows on their server, so it made my work much easier," he said. "I installed my trojan-like virus on their PCs. I just modified the platform that I bought on the hacking forums for about $1.5k." Guccifer 2.0 also disputed the idea that the DNC breach was an intelligence gathering operation for Russia, saying it was hacktivism.

8 of 114 comments (clear)

  1. Re: Why does Slashdot celebrate Guccifer 2.0? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    One mans criminal is another mans freedom fighter

  2. A Romanian with 1.5k to spare on hacking for lulz? by eggstasy · · Score: 4, Funny

    For a lot of people in Romania that is otherwise known as 3 months pay.

  3. Re:Why does Slashdot celebrate Guccifer 2.0? by K.+S.+Kyosuke · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What criminals? There's no expectation of privacy if your computer system is vulnerable, anyway. :-p

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    Ezekiel 23:20
  4. Microsoft Commercial by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The DNC used Windows on their server, so it made my work much easier,

    Microsoft products can make your work much easier!

  5. Re:A Romanian with 1.5k to spare on hacking for lu by Curunir_wolf · · Score: 4, Informative

    From Guccifer's Blog:

    I don’t want to disappoint anyone, but none of the candidates has my sympathies. Each of them has skeletons in the closet and I think people have a right to know the truth about the politicians.

    As for me, I see great differences between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Hillary seems so much false to me, she got all her money from political activities and lobbying, she is a slave of moguls, she is bought and sold. She never had to work hard and never risked everything she had. Her words don’t meet her actions. And her collision with the DNC turned the primaries into farce.

    Opposite to her, Donald Trump has earned his money himself. And at least he is sincere in what he says. His position is straight and clear.

    Anyway that doesn’t mean that I support him. I’m totally against his ideas about closing borders and deportation policy. It’s a nonsense, absolute bullshit.

    I have nothing to say about Bernie Sanders. It seems he never had a chance to win the nomination as the Democratic Party itself stood against him!

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    "Somebody has to do something. It's just incredibly pathetic it has to be us."
    --- Jerry Garcia
  6. Re: Why does Slashdot celebrate Guccifer 2.0? by PlusFiveTroll · · Score: 4, Insightful

    >Because the Right wing loves war,

    You mean Hillary Clinton, right?

  7. Re:Why does Slashdot celebrate Guccifer 2.0? by fustakrakich · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Because Hillary Clinton must be stopped...

    I'm doing my part in November... It's a simple matter of voting for somebody else. There is no need for investigations and prosecution. There are more than two candidates on the ballot, so there is no need to vote for Trump if you don't lie him either. If they both lose, it means we are on our way to solving the problem.

    As far as unending war goes. When has the war ever ended? The US has been at war steadily since the very beginning, against the natives, commies, drug dealers, terrorists(!), a myriad of targets to pick out. And now it's simply another business. Plenty of blood for everyone. Hillary is just carrying on a time honored tradition.

    If we don't break the circle, don't expect anything different. Republicans/democrats can only give you more of the same old shit. Your choice.

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    “He’s not deformed, he’s just drunk!”
  8. Re: Why does Slashdot celebrate Guccifer 2.0? by amiga3D · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You know, some people that hate Hillary have no love for Trump either. You knew that didn't you? Or do you think if you dislike one you must love the other?