Witness in the case of cyber attacks during the US elections is in Ukraine

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Ukrainian hacker using a nickname Profexer, became the first witness in the case of the hacking of the servers of the National Committee of the US Democratic Party in July 2016 of the year, in which US intelligence agencies accuse Russia. This newspaper reports The New York Times.

Program PAS web shellwritten by Profexer, was one of the tools of the hacker attack on the Democratic Party, the special services are confident. She was advertised in Russian in the shadow segment of the Internet - darkweb. It is used by cybercriminals from the former USSR, the newspaper writes.

PAS web shell could be downloaded for free from the site Profexer, in response, he asked for donations that ranged from $ 3 to $ 250. His main income was the creation of specialized versions of the program and advising clients on how to use it effectively.

After the US intelligence agencies published information on 2017 in January that the program was used in cyber attacks, Profexer Hid information about yourself on the Internet. As it turned out later, at this time Profexer became a witness for the FBI. This is the first time a witness has appeared in a cyber attack case in the United States.

According to the testimony of the head of the Ukrainian Cyber ​​Police Sergey Demedyuk, whom the publication quotes, the hacker voluntarily surrendered to the authorities. Cyber ​​police gave access to a witness to an FBI agent, a cyber security specialist who is now in Kiev. Profexer I was not arrested because I wrote a virus but did not use it.

Recall, the US intelligence agencies believe that in the hacking of the servers of the Democratic Party in July 2016, a group of hackers APT-28, also known as Fancy Bearwhich is allegedly connected with the Ministry of Defense of Russia. December 10 The CIA concluded that Russia had intervened in the US presidential election to help Republican Donald Trump win.

The accusation of Russia's involvement in the cyber attack became the pretext for Washington’s various sanctions against Moscow. The latest bill on sanctions against Russia, US President Donald Trump signed on August 2. Russia has repeatedly denied involvement in a hacker attack.

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