Hackers steal evidence from US prosecutors of election investigations 2016

The office of special prosecutor Robert Mueller said on Wednesday that a group of self-proclaimed hackers in Russia stole evidence that prosecutors handed over confidentially to a Russian firm accused of funding a propaganda campaign to interfere in the 2016 US election.

Some non-confidential information was posted online in October on a Twitter account that recognized the theft of the information, Mueller's office said in a court file.

The data that appeared online was "altered and disseminated as part of a disinformation campaign aimed (apparently) at discrediting ongoing investigations into Russian interference in the US political system," prosecutors wrote.

The illicit activity described by prosecutors illustrates the concerns of US intelligence officials about Russia's continued efforts to interfere with local politics.

The Russian firm, Concord Management and Consulting LLC, is being prosecuted in Mueller's investigation that Moscow meddled in 2016 to undermine the US democratic process and help then Republican candidate Donald Trump to defeat Democrat Hillary Clinton.

Mueller also investigates whether there was coordination between the Trump campaign and Moscow. The Kremlin denies the interference and Trump denies that there is collusion, calling the investigation a "witch hunt."

Date update on 2019-02-01. Date published on 2019-02-01. Category: hackers Author: Oscar olg Fuente: voanoticias

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