The hacker who took credit for providing WikiLeaks with hacked emails from the Democratic National Committee in 2016 has been linked to Russian military intelligence, according to a report by The Daily Beast late Thursday. The hacker, known as Guccifer 2.0, had claimed to be a Romanian “hacktivist,” and hid his true location by using a VPN service. But the Daily Beast reported that cybersecurity experts traced one logon in which he apparently neglected to use VPN to a building in Moscow that is the headquarters of the GRU, Russia’s military intelligence agency. That could have wide implications for special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into Russian meddling and possible collusion with the Trump campaign. Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone has admitted contacts with Guccifer 2.0 in 2016. Mueller has taken over the Guccifer 2.0 investigation from the FBI, the Daily Beast said.
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