Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, nether investigation for colluding amongst the Russians, said inward a controversy that he received an e-mail from soul named "Guccifer400" demanding 52 Bitcoin or else the President's controversial revenue enhancement returns would survive leaked.
There are farther links betwixt this incident as well as Russian Federation every bit Guccifer400 seems to survive paying homage to Guccifer 2.0, approximately other hacker who has had dealings inward political interference before. USA Intelligence chiefs believe that Guccifer 2.0 is a front end for the GRU, Russia's armed services tidings directorate – although their evidence is non just water-tight.
It is unclear every bit to why Kushner brought upward this incident, peculiarly since zippo came of the ransom demand. However, it has been speculated that he may survive trying to present that non all Russian connections to the Trump direction accept been positive.
Hollow Threat
With the recent spate of ransomware attacks going on across the public as well as claiming victims similar the National Health Service inward the UK and FedEx, it seems non fifty-fifty high powered political figures are immune. The threat came to Donald Trump's son-in-law via a random email, demanding 52 Bitcoin inward central for non releasing the revenue enhancement returns of the President, which was of huge speculation at the time.
Kushner stated:
On Oct 30, 2016, I received a random e-mail from the covert bring upward Guccifer400. […] This email, which I interpreted every bit a hoax, was an extortion endeavor as well as threatened to let out candidate Trump's revenue enhancement returns as well as demanded that nosotros shipping him 52 bitcoin inward central for non publishing that information.
He continued:
I brought the e-mail to the attending of the USA Secret Service agent on the bird nosotros were all traveling on as well as asked what he thought. He advised me to ignore it as well as non to respond – which is what I did. The sender never contacted me again.
Nothing came of the threat, or the ransom, every bit Trump's revenue enhancement returns are notwithstanding a mystery as well as were surely non released yesteryear the supposed hacker who is a fan of Guccifer.
The Original Guccifer
While Guccifer400 volition non larn downward inward hacking history, his predecessors, Guccifer 2.0 every bit good every bit the master accept made their mark.
The commencement Guccifer is Marcel Lazăr Lehel, a 40-something-year-old Romanaian hacker known primarily known for hacking Sidney Blumenthal, a Hillary Clinton confidant as well as quondam aide to President Bill Clinton.
Guccifer 2.0 also has his political links as well as he's known to accept conspired amongst Roger Stone, i of Trump's confidants as well as political operative. Apparently, he has cognition of the leaked Democratic emails earlier a Wikileaks article took that storey into the mainstream.
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