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dcleaks.com

Caution Low Traffic Tranco #1,122,121

dcleaks.com presents itself as a content publishing platform, focusing on political leaks archive. DC Leaks was a platform used to publish stolen emails from high-profile US political and military figures. It was identified by the US intelligence community as a front for the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) to influence the 2016 US presidential election. It claims to be operated by Russian Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU), a subsidiary of Russian Federation.

political leakscyber espionage2016 electionGRU
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{
  "domain": "dcleaks.com",
  "confidence": "high",
  "category": {
    "purpose": "content_publishing",
    "specialization": "Political Leaks Archive"
  },
  "identity": {
    "headline": "Historical archive of the DC Leaks website used in 2016 election interference",
    "summary": "DC Leaks was a platform used to publish stolen emails from high-profile US political and military figures. It was identified by the US intelligence community as a front for the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) to influence the 2016 US presidential election.",
    "operator": "Russian Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU)",
    "parent_entity": "Russian Federation",
    "topics": [
      "political leaks",
      "cyber espionage",
      "2016 election",
      "GRU",
      "hacking"
    ]
  },
  "functions": {
    "is_ugc_platform": false,
    "is_file_host": false,
    "is_url_shortener": false,
    "is_public_idp": false,
    "is_crypto_platform": false,
    "allows_user_subdomains": false,
    "is_form_builder": false,
    "is_document_host": false
  },
  "facts": {
    "registered_date": "2016-04-19T13:44:24Z",
    "rank": 1122121,
    "hosting_provider": "DIGITALOCEAN-ASN - DigitalOcean, LLC"
  }
}

Hosting

DIGITALOCEAN-ASN - DigitalOcean, LLC

Registered

Apr 19, 2016

Last Updated

Feb 4, 2026

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