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Is it true: Ukraine/DNC Server Claims?

Debunked88% confidence

No — this has been debunked.

The claim that Ukraine, not Russia, hacked the DNC in 2016 or hid its server is false. A 2018 federal indictment charged twelve Russian GRU officers with carrying out the hack, the Mueller Report and the bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee reached the same conclusion, and there was never a single server to hide: the FBI received forensic images of the DNC's systems.

The claim

Claims that Ukraine, rather than Russia, hacked the DNC or hid a physical server to frame Russia in 2016 election interference investigations.

Key evidence

FBI did not take physical custody of DNC server

Intelligence Community assessed Russian GRU responsibility with high confidence

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