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Twitter has suspended the accounts of @GUCCIFER_2 and @DCleaks_ following charges brought Friday that directly tie the Russian government to 2016 election hacking. 

According to the indictment, the accounts were used as false personas to release tens of thousands of stolen emails and documents. Go deeper: The Russian intelligence agents behind Guccifer 2.0

Twitter boots Guccifer 2.0 and DCLeaks accounts following Mueller indictment

The accounts were used as false personas.

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Twitter has suspended the accounts of @GUCCIFER_2 and @DCleaks_ following charges brought Friday that <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="directly tie the Russian government to 2016 election hacking" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/go-deeper-mueller-indictment-turns-to-dnc-election-hacking-d9078098-a264-4dca-ad66-6c476086ed3e.html" data-vars-content-id="ea5068ab-cdb1-4185-947e-7bee6524f624" data-vars-headline="Twitter boots Guccifer 2.0 and DCLeaks accounts following Mueller indictment" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/go-deeper-mueller-indictment-turns-to-dnc-election-hacking-d9078098-a264-4dca-ad66-6c476086ed3e.html" target="_self">directly tie the Russian government to 2016 election hacking</a>. According to the indictment, the accounts were used as false personas to release tens of thousands of stolen emails and documents. Go deeper: <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="The Russian intelligence agents behind Guccifer 2.0" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/the-russian-intelligence-agents-behind-guccifer-20-271044ab-8768-4b79-ae87-bb4e36f5c992.html" data-vars-content-id="ea5068ab-cdb1-4185-947e-7bee6524f624" data-vars-headline="Twitter boots Guccifer 2.0 and DCLeaks accounts following Mueller indictment" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/the-russian-intelligence-agents-behind-guccifer-20-271044ab-8768-4b79-ae87-bb4e36f5c992.html" target="_self">The Russian intelligence agents behind Guccifer 2.0</a>

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