Kremlin-linked hacker Guccifer 2.0 fires back at intelligence community

The hacker persona Guccifer 2.0 resurfaced today to blast the intelligence community’s assessment that Russia orchestrated last year’s election cyberattacks.

“The technical evidence contained in the reports doesn’t stand up to scrutiny,” the self-proclaimed hacker wrote on his blog, referencing two recently released documents. “This is a crude fake.”


During the election, Guccifer 2.0's blog posted the digitally pilfered personal contact information of House Democrats, as well as internal memos about Democratic candidates in 2016 House races.

The releases led to the harassment of lawmakers and upended some state-level races.

In its declassified report on election interference, the intelligence community said Guccifer 2.0 and another website that leaked hacked materials were front groups for Russian intelligence.

“These accusations are unfounded,” Guccifer 2.0 responded. “I have totally no relation to the Russian government. I’d like to tell you once again I was acting in accordance with my personal political views and beliefs.”

The supposed hacker then accused the intelligence community of “deliberately falsifying evidence” and “playing into the hands of the Democrats who are trying to blame foreign actors for their failure.”

“The Obama administration has a week left in office,” the blog post continued, “and I believe we’ll see some more fakes during this period.”

Guccifer 2.0 did not respond to a Twitter direct message asking if the hacker planned to post more stolen documents.