Clinton Foundation denies recently published data comes from hack

The Clinton Foundation, the organization behind presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, denies that recently published files are the result of a hack. On Tuesday, “Guccifer 2.0” published a number of new documents, allegedly from the Clinton Foundation.

In a blog post, hacker Guccifer 2.0 claimed he stole “hundreds of thousands of documents and donation databases” from the Clinton Foundation. The organisation denies however, that a hack has occurred. None of the folders and files shown would come from the organization.

Ars Technica has analyzed the files and writes that they are most likely from a previous Guccifer 2.0 hacks on the DCCC and the DNC, the Democratic campaign committee and a governing body of the Democratic party, respectively.

In a response to Ars Technica, Guccifer 2.0 said the files did come from the Clinton Foundation, but declined to provide information about how he obtained the data. The hacker went on to say that “Hillary Clinton and her staff make no effort to secure information.” He would also like to publish more files at a later date. This would not be possible at the moment as some databases are too large.

Until now, the Guccifer hacks have always been attributed to Russia, for example by the Democratic party itself. However, Russian President Putin says his country is not involved in the hacks.