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US DoJ Identifies at least 6 Russian Government officials Involved in DNC hack

The United States Department of Justice has gathered evidence to charge at least six Russian government officials involved in the 2016 DNC hack. The United States Department of Justice has gathered evidence to charge at least six Russian government officials involved in the DNC hack during the 2016 Presidential election. In the past months, US intelligence blamed Russia for […]

Malware Used in DNC Hack Has Roots in Chinese Open-Source Tool

X-Tunnel is roughly based on XTunnel PortMap. One of the malware variants used to infiltrate and hack the Democratic National Committee (DNC) back in April 2016 is based on a piece of open source networking utility developed by a Chinese company in the early 2000s. The malware, codenamed X-Tunnel, is part of the arsenal used […]