Rosenstein on stage. Defendants worked for two units of the GRU. One unit stole information, the other disseminated information.
First unit used both spearfishing and hacking to steal information, take screenshots, capture files. Planted malware.
Second unit created “DC Leaks” and “Guccifer 2.0” which they used to disseminate stolen goods.
“In fact, both were created and controlled directly by the Russian GRU.” Another organization not named in indictments “used as a pass-through” for stolen information.
Russian hackers also hacked into state election boards and stole information on 500,000 voters.