About
Guccifer is the online pseudonym of a hacker who is known for compromising the security of several high-profile political targets, including members of the Bush family, former Clinton aide Sidney Blumenthal and former Secretary of State Colin Powell.
History
Bush Family Hacks
On February 7th, 2013, The Smoking Gun[1] reported that a hacker calling himself “Guccifer” posted photos and email exchanges taken from the email accounts of several family members of former President George W. Bush. Among the photographs were self-portraits of Bush taking a bath and shower (shown below).[2]
Guccifer reportedly told the Smoking Gun that the federal government had been investigating him for some time and that he was not worried about being caught, adding “i have an old game with the fucking bastards inside, this is just another chapter in the game.”
Colin Powell Hacks
On March 11th, 2013, The Smoking Gun[6] reported that Guccifer hacked the Facebook account of former Secretary of State Colin Powell, where he proceeded to post several status updates insulting George W. Bush (shown below). The same day, Powell posted a status update[4] that the hacking problem had been fixed after working with Facebook.
On March 13th, The Smoking Gun[5] published an article revealing that Powell’s AOL e-mail account had been compromised by Guccifer as well, who was able to access Powell’s personal financial documents and communications with several former government officials.
Sidney Blumenthal Hacks
On March 15th, The Smoking Gun[7] reported that Guccifer had managed to break into the AOL email account of Sidney Blumenthal, a senior White House adviser to former President Bill Clinton. In the account, Guccifer obtained many emails between Blumenthal and Hilary Clinton, among other correspondences with Washington insiders. The article also mentioned that Guccifer left a message regarding the purported secret society known as the “Illuminati”.
“the evil is leading this fucked up world!!!!!! i tell you this the world of tomorrow will be a world free of illuminati or will be no more,”
On March 18th, The Smoking Gun[8] published a follow-up article about several confidential memos Guccifer discovered in Blumenthal’s email account, which he disseminated to hundreds of recipients. The memos referenced several incidents in Libya, including an attack on a U.S. mission in Benghazi on September 11th, 2012 (shown below). To distribute the messages, Guccifer pasted them into a new document using the Comic Sans font. The article also reported that two IP addresses connected with the hacker had been traced to Russia and several emails containing the Blumenthal memos were distributed to Russian reporters.
Search Interest
External References
[1]The Smoking Gun – Audacious Hack Exposes Bush Family Pix
[2]Gawker – Hacker Exposes Bush Family Emails
[3]Gawker – Either Colin Powells Facebook Was Hacked
[4]Facebook – Dear Friends
[5]The Smoking Gun – Hacker Who Defaced Colin Powell’s Facebook Page
[6]The Smoking Gun – Colin Powell Facebook Page Hacked
[7]The Smoking Gun – Hacker Targets Clinton Confidant in New Attack
[8]The Smoking Gun – Hacker Begins Distributing Confidential Memos
[9]Gawker – Who is Guccifer