Article 3N9FH WikiLeaks, Russia, Trump Jr. named in new DNC hacking lawsuit

WikiLeaks, Russia, Trump Jr. named in new DNC hacking lawsuit

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Cyrus Farivar
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Enlarge / Tom Perez, the head of the DNC, helped orchestrate this new lawsuit. (credit: Gage Skidmore)

The Democratic National Committee has sued Russia, WikiLeaks, the Trump campaign, and a number of other individuals and organizations that the political party believes were affiliated with the now-infamous 2016 hack, whose perpetrators managed to spirit away internal research about then-candidate Donald Trump, as well as private e-mail and messages.

The operation to pilfer vast caches of data, much of which was then published by WikiLeaks, was believed to have been orchestrated by the highest levels of the Russian government.

"It's pretty serious-it's more than a shot over the bow, it's a shot into the hull of the ship," David Bowker, a Washington DC, attorney, told Ars.

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