Article snippet: Special counsel indictment against a dozen Russian military officers on Friday marked his probe’s latest charges related to Russian interference in the 2016 election. Mueller charged 11 of the intelligence officers, all members of Russia’s military intelligence agency the GRU, with conspiring to hack into into Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee networks. The 12th officer was charged with conspiring to hack into election systems, including hacking into a state elections board website. The indictment revealed previously unknown allegations surrounding the DNC hacking, which led to the release of private and internal DNC emails and documents ahead of the 2016 presidential election. Here are five things to know from the wide-ranging allegations: Mueller says Guccifer 2.0 was Russian officers Mueller states in the indictment that the infamous DNC hacker known as Guccifer 2.0 was an online persona created by the Russian officers to disperse documents stolen in the hack. Guccifer 2.0, who had been in contact with The Hill ahead of the 2016 election and released internal DNC documents, had claimed to be a Romanian hacker with no political ties. However, tools used in Guccifer 2.0’s breach had matched those used by Russian intelligence agencies. The indictment also alleged that the Russians created the site DCLeaks, which also posted stolen documents. “Both were created and controlled by the Russian GRU,” Deputy Attorney G... Link to the full article to read more