CrowdStrike embarrassed after lone hacker claims that he - and not the Russian government - hacked the Democrats

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Lone hacker claims responsibility for Democratic Party security breach - but security firm stands by its claims

Security services company CrowdStrike has been embarrassed following claims it made earlier this week that Russian security services were behind an attack on the Democratic National Committee (DNC)...

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