The Russian government hacked the DNC after all

Last week, the Democratic National Committee had its servers compromised, and swaths of files – including opposition research on Donald Trump, and reports on key Republican presidential candidates – were released anonymously to several media outlets, including Gawker.

The DNC said an initial assessment concluded the attack came from Russian hackers. But days later, an ostensibly lone hacker known only as ‘Guccifer 2.0’ claimed responsibility for the attack, and in a statement rife with broken English and syntax errors, said he did it alone.