Twitter has suspended two accounts allegedly used by Russian intelligence officers to share information obtained in hacks.
The Guccifer 2.0 and DCLeaks accounts were both suspended on Saturday, one day after special counsel Robert Mueller alleged in an indictment that the accounts were run by Russian military officers.
A Twitter spokesman told The San Diego Union-Tribune that the “account has been suspended for being connected to a network of accounts previously suspended for operating in violation of our rules.” He did not comment further.
The Guccifer 2.0 account was briefly suspended in 2016 after it released contact information for nearly 200 current and former members of Congress. Both accounts have been inactive for at least 18 months.
Mueller indicted 12 Russian intelligence agents on Friday for the 2016 hack of the Democratic National Committee (DNC).
He alleged that the agents used the Twitter accounts to share documents stolen from the Democrats and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s camp.
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Twitter suspends Guccifer 2.0 and DCLeaks accounts after indictments https://t.co/lRZxXyOScO pic.twitter.com/OdaUKYTvxm
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