United states Flashcards
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Hacker Guccifer 2.0
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Published stolen DNC files on the web, claimed to be acting alone but the files contained russian language error messages.
- Malware was used in the hack that had been previously used in previous attacks by the russians
- The same account was used to traget thousands of other gmail accounts of russia focused journalists and authors
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35 Page dossier, January 2017
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35-page dossier was leaked, written by Christopher steele, the dossier claims that the FSB has compromising material on President Trump including details of his sexual activities and financial transactions in Russia ( could be used to blackmail him)
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February 2017
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US investigators announce that they have corroborated some of the peripheral communications detailed in the report
-Michael Flynn (Trumps first national security advisor- resigned) Roger stone- (trumps advisrr and strategist durng the campaign) fired Paul Manafort (Chairman of trumps presidential campaign resigned)
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Paul manafort
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forced to resign in the middle of the campaign after it was revealed that he had receibed 12.7 million dollars from Ukraine pro russian former president Yanukoviych
