US intelligence agencies made such conclusion, the news agency reports.
After November elections, US intelligence agencies obtained reliable, in their opinion, evidence that Russia transferred the Democratic National Committee (DNC) materials, stolen by hackers, to WikiLeaks through third party, three governmental sources of Reuters inform, Voice of America reports.
A few months earlier, US officials came to conclusion that Russian intelligence agencies sent hackers, however, they were not confident that they will be able to prove that Russia also controlled the promulgation of information, affecting the reputation of Democratic Party Presidential Candidate Hilary Clinton.
It is expected that intelligence reports on hacker attacks will be provided to President Barack Obama on Thursday and President-Elect Donald Trump on Friday, though its content was discussed on Wednesday, the officials reported.
Reuters sources refused to tell the details of obtained information regarding the participation of third party in transferring stolen materials to WikiLeaks, claiming that they do not want to reveal how US government obtained this information.
During the interview to Fox News, WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange claimed that he did not obtain stolen emails of DNC and Clinton’s Counsellor from “some state”. In the meantime, Assange did not exclude the probability that the materials were obtained from third party.
White House responded to claims of WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange that Russia is not involved in hacking emails of US Democratic Party representatives.