Hacker Claims U.S. Agents Pressured Him to Confess to Clinton Cyberattack

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A Russian man detained on hacking charges has told reporters that he was pressured to confess to a cyberattack on former U.S. Secretary of State, Hilary Clintot

Yevgeny Nikulin was arrested in Oct. 5, 2016 in the Czech Republic at the request of U.S. authorities.

He stands accused of hacking the servers of several U.S. Companies, including LinkedIn and DropBox between 2012 and 2013.

Russia has also requested Nikulin's extradition, accusing him of stealing money from online WebMoney accounts.

In a letter to U.S. news site Nastoyashchoe Vremya, Nikulin said that he had been offered his freedom and U.S. citizenship if he confessed to a cyberattack on former U.S. presidential candidate Hilary Clinton.

More than 20,000 emails from the Democratic National Convention were released in July 2016, in a scandal which many Clinton supporters claim jeopardized her chances in the run-up to the U.S. presidential elections.

The cyberattack has been widely blamed on Kremlin-backed hackers.

"[They told me:] you will have to confess to breaking into Clinton's inbox for [U.S. President Donald Trump] on behalf of [Russian President Vladimir Putin],” Nikulin wrote. In exchange, his interrogators promised U.S. citizenship, an apartment and money, he said.

Nikulin said that he refused the deal, but that his U.S. interrogators promised to return.

Czech police confirmed that Nikulin had been interrogated by FBI agents, but did not give any further details, Nastoyashchoe Vremya reported. U.S. officials have denied the claims.

Nikulin's extradition hearing is due to take place on May 11. He has denied all charges

The case has drawn some attention in Russia, where reporters have unearthed photos of the self-described “used car salesman” driving lavish cars and taking photos with the Russian elite. Nikulin's social media pages had included snaps with both the daughter of Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, and Kremlin press secretary President Dmitry Peskov.

The Russian has since claimed that he met Shoigu's daughter by chance, and only bumped into Peskov when they “sat in the same cafe.”

https://themoscowtimes.com/news/russian-hacker-claims-us-agents-pressured-him-to-confess-to-clinton-cyberattack-57965

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/11/yevgeny-nikulin-alleged-russian-hacker-claims-fbi-/

comey fired

 

[Cerberus]

Kinda sounds like the USA wants to hire him.  lol 

[steven36]

6 hours ago, Cerberus said:

Kinda sounds like the USA wants to hire him.  lol 

LOL,  they done fired the  the director of the FBI while he was busy thinking Trump was going to  give him backdoors Trump was fixing to put his head on a chopping block . So whatever was done back then was under Obama's watch  and that was not done under Trumps watch someone else is in charge of the FBI  now .  Good luck to the lad if he he thinks it will do any good . Saying stuff like this just justifies Trumps actions that he was in the right to fire him lol. 

[edwardecl]

I'm confused I thought the FBI and CIA said it was Russian hackers working for the government... so it was one guy who stole information for profit?

[Sylence]

I guess Ivanka just got sad and told sugar daddy to blame Russians for that without investigation

[steven36]

3 hours ago, edwardecl said:

I'm confused I thought the FBI and CIA said it was Russian hackers working for the government... so it was one guy who stole information for profit?

He is Russian hes just is being held by the Czech Republic because hes wanted on hacking chargers  for hacking US businesses .Now he claims the FBI came there and told him this to the Russian media  .We dont know this for sure, he would have to  prove  they even said it. Unless you was in the room with them you don't know what was said... Sounds too me like hes trying to get the Russian Government  too come take him home . Regardless if the FBI told him  that are not hes convicted for stealing .   

 

If you read the 1st story about him. it sounds as that's exactly what hes doing is trying  to get a free get out of jail card.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/oct/21/yevgeny-nikulin-identified-russian-man-apprehended/

Russia and the USA  are already in conflict  over him so it would make no sense for the FBI  to go there and tell him this it would mess them up . So it sounds far fetched. Why would they pick someone in the spotlight to blame? Why  not pick some Russians  they already have in  the USA if they was looking for a cover up man to blame ?

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jan/27/us-russia-hacking-yevgeniy-nikulin-linkedin-dropbox

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There is no acknowledged link between Nikulin’s alleged offences and the hacking of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, but his arrest came just three days before the Obama administration formally accused Russia of stealing emails from the Democratic National Committee and disclosing them through WikiLeaks.

Formspring, one of the sites he allegedly hacked, was the platform used for sexting by Anthony Weiner, the former New York mayoral candidate and husband of Huma Abedin, Clinton’s closest aide. The discovery of emails linked to Clinton on Weiner’s laptop damaged her campaign in its final two weeks after the FBI director, James Comey, revealed their existence.

 

Meanwhile, Russia has responded to the American extradition request against Nikulin by tabling one of its own, demanding that he be returned to face allegations dating back to 2009 that he hacked another person’s bank account and stole 111,000 roubles (£1,465).

 

“He was never formally accused at that time. I think the reason is that he was recruited [by the Russian security services],” said Ondrej Kundra, political editor with the Czech weekly magazine Respekt, which has reported that the Russian services offer alleged offenders immunity from prosecution in exchange for collaboration.

One theory is Nikulin – even if not personally involved in the election hacking – may know other hackers who were.

Fuelling speculation is the existence of sealed US court documents, tabled six days after the original indictment against Nikulin on 20 October but whose contents have not been revealed.

 

“A number of documents were filed under seal, which means you cannot talk about them,” a US justice department spokesman told the Guardian.

 

It would make sense if the FBI made him a deal if he knew the Hackers involved to snitch them out  to get his charges reduced or overturned but if he did know hackers who did this. how would they get them out of Russia?  So it  would not really make any sense to make him a deal . They been trying get Snowden for years with no luck and thats one of there own not even from Russia   so why FBI make him a deal for nothing in return ?

[straycat19]

I swear, I never beat him with a rubber hose and lying to a suspect and making promises that are never meant to be kept is totally legal.  Get over it.