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Nov 8, 2017 · Less than a year before Marine Corps cyberwarrior Robert Johnston discovered that the Russians had hacked the Democratic National Committee, he found they had launched a similar attack at the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
- Buzzfeed News Reporter
Mar 5, 2017 · On June 14, 2016, the DNC went public, admitting it had fallen victim to an enormous hack. The announcement became front-page news around the world, suggesting Russian state interference in...
Nov 9, 2017 · Robert Johnston, the cybersecurity expert who was the first to uncover the extent of Russia's hacks into the DNC during the 2016 election, didn't think the stolen data would be leaked to...
- Brennan Weiss
- Henry Blodget
Dec 13, 2017 · In July 2016, WikiLeaks began to release thousands of emails hacked from the DNC server. Johnson’s analysis laid the groundwork for what would eventually lead to the investigation of Russia’s...
Feb 17, 2020 · Robert Johnston dealt directly with the FBI as an investigator of the DNC hack for CrowdStrike, a leading cyber security company hired by the Democrats.
- Correspondent, 60 Minutes
- Scott Pelley
- 14 min
Dec 14, 2016 · CrowdStrike’s co-founder, Dmitri Alperovitch, uncovered evidence that two groups of Russian hackers he had named Cozy Bear and Fancy Bear, had been behind the DNC hack. Cozy Bear used a tool...
Nov 22, 2019 · During investigations, it's common for physical servers to be digitally copied and preserved as evidence, as Robert Johnston, a cybersecurity expert who led the investigation into the DNC...
