The Newsmakers: Cyber Warfare

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Channel: TRT World · 2016 · News & Politics

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The start of the US Democratic National Convention was overshadowed by a scandal that could have been written by Hollywood. A hacker known as "Gucifer 2.0" leaked a massive load of emails and other documents revealing the inner workings of the organization that oversees the running of the US democratic party. It led to the resignation of the chair of the DNC and left party officials scrambling to discover who was behind it. As more evidence points to the hacker having links to Russia, it has appeared to have unleashed a new realm in international cyber warfare. Christine Pirovolakis reports.

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