The FBI now suspects Russia to be behind the Democratic National Committee breach. The intention of the breach and subsequent leaks was to tilt the US election in favor of Donald Trump. The Daily Beast quotes persons close to the investigation saying the intention was to tip the election in favour of the current Russian government. About 20,000 internal DMC emails, with sensitive content, were posted on WikiLeaks on Friday just before the Democratic convention got underway in Philadelphia. Cybersecurity firms CrowdStrike and ThreatConnect believe Guccifer 2.0 is a Russian-government operation.”]
Source: https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/russia-likely-behind-dnc-breach-says-fbi