Internal hacked documents from the Democratic National Committee hit the Internet on Tuesday as part of a massive, 700 megabyte file, potentially the largest release of hacked data in this year’s election.
The documents, released by the hacker known as Guccifer 2.0, appear to include files covering Tim Kaine’s 2009-11 tenure as DNC chairman. His role at the DNC overlapped with his 2006-10 term as the governor of Virginia, where he served prior to his election to the Senate and this year’s campaign for vice president.
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It is uncertain whether the files, which may have exposed Kaine’s personal cell phone number, contain information that will be harmful to the party. DNC Chair Donna Brazile was quick to blame Donald Trump, suggesting the leak was part of a Russian campaign to help Republicans. “There’s one person who stands to benefit from these criminal acts, and that’s Donald Trump,” she said in a statement.
Guccifer 2.0 has released a stream of Democratic files over the year, beginning with 20,000 files obtained from the DNC, and subsequent leaks from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said this month that his organization holds up to 100,000 additional pages of documents, some of which were obtained from Guccifer 2.0, and that they would begin releasing those documents in the coming weeks.
