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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: 12 Russian Intelligence Officers Charged Over 2016 Election Hacking [Watch (HLS stream): 12 Russian Intelligence Officers Charged Over 2016 Election Hacking](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/4HEn6RxQ.m3u8) (1:27)  _Published 2018-07-13. The Justice Department charged 12 Russian intelligence officers with hacking the Democratic National Committee, Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign and state election systems._ --- Jul 28, 2023 12:15 AM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Russian Hacking and the Presidential Election](/video/nKHzZpx8/) ### Russian Hacking and the Presidential Election [Hillary Clinton Campaign Hacked](/video/7sLy9Mqz/) ### Hillary Clinton Campaign Hacked [Donald Trump Calls on Russia to Hack Hillary Clinton’s Emails](/video/oPCLT6WZ/) ### Donald Trump Calls on Russia to Hack Hillary Clinton’s Emails --- ## Transcript The indictment charges 12 Russian military officers by name for conspiring to interfere with the 2016 Presidential election. There's no allegation in this indictment that any American citizen committed a crime. There is no allegation that the conspiracy changed the vote count. Or affected any election result. The conspirators created fictitious online personas including DC Leaks and Guccifer 2. 0. And they used those personas to release information including thousands of stolen emails and other documents beginning in June of 2016. The defendants falsely claimed the DC Leaks was a group of American hackers and that Guccifer 2. 0 was a lone Romanian hacker. In fact, both were created and controlled by the Russian GRU. And a second related conspiracy Russian GRU officers hacked the website of a state election board and stole information about 500, 000 voters. They also hacked into computers of a company that supplied software used to verify voter registration information. They targeted state and local officials responsible for administering elections. 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