The hacker or hackers behind the cyberattack on Democratic groups resurfaced Friday, leaking a new batch of documents exclusively to The Hill.
The hack, widely attributed to Russia, targeted Democrats and Democratic entities including the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC).
The DCCC records leaked to The Hill by a hacker using the name Guccifer 2.0 include the names, Social Security numbers and other personal information of big-ticket donors as well as memos used to prepare House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, President Barack Obama and DCCC officials for a fundraising event.
The documents released to The Hill are only the first section of a much larger cache. The bulk, the hacker said, will be released on WikiLeaks. A few pages, including cell phone numbers and personal email addresses of House Democrats, were posted to Guccifer 2.0’s website Friday night.
Many of the documents sent to The Hill center around a DCCC fundraising dinner held at the house of Virginia donor Tori Winkler Thomas, featuring Obama, Pelosi, Rep. Don Beyer (D-Virg.) and DCCC Chairman Ben Ray Luján.
The package appears to include forms used to vet attendees, a seating chart, thank you notes, place cards name tags, and annotated lists of targets for ticket sales including follow-up plans — one name marked with “DB,” presumably for Don Beyer, reads “spoke with but said she is tapped out now due to candidate checks, following up anyway.”
The target donor databases included in the cache include contact information, Social Security numbers and past donation values. Since the dinner cost $33,000 a head – though memos note Beyer was selling tickets for the bargain price of $16,000 – those past donation values are routinely very high.
Individually tailored memos to all featured Democrats provide thorough biographies of anybody who a headliner might come in contact with. The memo for President Obama includes a detailed bio of Nancy Pelosi.