Whether these cyber - attacks are the work foreign hackers or inside moles , someone is sharing the information . WikiLeaks and Julian Assange do n’t hack into networks ; they ’re given emails from whistleblowers like Edward Snowden . For example , Democracy Now reported after the DNC Leaks ( resulting in the resignation of Debbie Wasserman Schultz and other DNC officials ) that “ WikiLeaks has not revealed the source of the leaked emails , although in June a hacker using the name Guccifer 2.0 claimed responsibility for the hacking into the DNC ’s computer network . ” Someone hacks into a computer network , or acquires transaction.transferownership.na the information , then gives this information to WikiLeaks . Clinton ’s cavalier attitude regarding classified data has likely trickled down to the various institutions hacked by either Russian hackers , or hackers from other nations . First , Clinton ’s private server at the State Department was unencrypted according to a Fortune article titled For 3 months Hillary Clinton ’s email access was unencrypted , vulnerable to spies :