Wikileaks

But most surprisingly, it was Ecuador who was behind the act.

WikiLeaks has confirmed that its founder Julian Assange's Internet access was cut down in its London embassy by the government of Ecuador on Saturday.

The move was in response to the organization's publication of another batch of leaked emails related to US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
 

The remarks, which were hacked as part of an extensive breach of Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta's email account, show Clinton commenting on Wall Street's role in financial regulations, relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin and the damage done to US foreign policy by past WikiLeaks releases.

As WikiLeaks continues to publish emails belonging to Clinton campaign chair John Podesta, US officials told CNN that there is growing evidence that Russia is using the organization as a delivery vehicle for the messages and other stolen information.

The methods of the disclosures "suggest Moscow is at least providing the information or is possibly directly responsible for the leaks," one US official said.

This included what appeared to be excerpts from transcripts of closed-door speeches Clinton gave to Wall Street companies after leaving the State Department.

WikiLeaks, which has been alleged to work with Russia, posted more than 2,000 emails from Podesta and promises to post more from a trove of more than 50,000 the group said it has access to.

The Clinton campaign would not confirm the authenticity of any of the documents but has not disputed the contents.

The new trove of documents apparently pilfered from the DMC released after Wikileaks on Thursday announced via its official Twitter account that a "series" about Hillary Clinton is coming soon.

The published documents are part one of Wikileaks' new Hillary Leaks series, Wikileaks said in a press release.

The emails released by Wikileaks were handed over to the whistleblower organization by the DNC hacker using handle "Guccifer 2.0," who hacked DNC’s computer systems in a such a way that the hacker was able to read all email and chat traffic.

The release of the spying revelations appeared to be timed to coincide with a final vote Wednesday in the French Parliament on a bill allowing broad new surveillance powers, in particular to counter terrorism threats.

French President Hollande, calling the U.S. spying an "unacceptable" security breach, convened two emergency meetings as a result of the disclosures about the NSA's spying. 

The first was with France's top security officials, the second with leading legislators, many of whom have already voted for the new surveillance measure.