Prosecutors found the Russian hackers, who were working for the GRU military intelligence agency, used a common and relatively crude technique known as вЂњspearphishingвЂќ to gain access to the email accounts of useful victims including John Podesta, ClintonвЂ™s campaign chairman. The Russian hackers also transferred large amounts of data to a state-registered lobbyist and a reporter, the indictment said. It further revealed that an unidentified US congressional candidate received stolen documents relating to his or her opponent from the Russian operatives in August 2016. It said Russia also conspired to break into the computer systems of state elections authorities and election equipment manufacturers, to steal sensitive information about American voters.

The 29-page filing told the story of an aggressive cyber-attack on the Democratic party establishment that was working to elect Clinton. The timing coincidence was only one of the striking details contained in FridayвЂ™s indictment of 12 alleged Russian intelligence officials, who are accused of wreaking havoc in the 2016 US election with a hack-and-leak conspiracy. Investigators said she had been вЂњextremely carelessвЂќ but no evidence of a successful foreign intrusion was found. The US alleged the operation was personally directed by president Vladimir Putin.Д¬linton was investigated by the FBI for using a private email server for her correspondence as secretary of state. TrumpвЂ™s message of encouragement has become notorious since US intelligence agencies concluded that Russia hacked the email of senior Democrats as part of a wide-ranging operation to damage ClintonвЂ™s campaign and assist Trump. No direct link with TrumpвЂ™s remark was alleged in MuellerвЂ™s indictment. вЂњI think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press.вЂќ вЂњRussia, if youвЂ™re listening, I hope youвЂ™re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing,вЂќ Trump said. That day, at an event in Florida, Trump invited the Russian state to search for the approximately 30,000 emails that Clinton was found to have deleted from her private server on the grounds that they were not related to government work. An indictment filed by Robert Mueller, the special counsel, said Russian hackers attempted вЂњfor the first timeвЂќ to break into email accounts used by ClintonвЂ™s personal office вЂњafter hoursвЂќ on 27 July 2016.

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