Over a dozen Democratic groups were approached with ransom demands Attack.Ransom by Russian hackers over protester funding information , according to a Monday report from Bloomberg . The liberal Center for American Progress was one of the groups that was approached by what FBI officials report is the same group behind the Democratic National Committee hacks committed last year . Many of the Trump protesters during the runup to the November election and after were not spontaneous citizens airing their grievances but were paid professionals . Maybe that ’ s why so many of them wore masks , KKK style . But the protesters weren ’ t the only ones who got paid…others who threatened to disclose these facts got paid $ 30,000 or up , to as much as $ 150,000 for their silence . By Democrat groups who funded the protests , of course . Or by paying the “ransom” Attack.Ransom did the Democrats actually secure the release of some child kidnapped by the Russians ? You pay ransom Attack.Ransom to have somebody or something released