News of computer hacking of U.S. presidential campaigns by “Guccifer 2.0,” first reported a week ago by the Washington Post among other sources, has taken a new turn today with the release of information revealing that the Democratic National Committee has been investigating Hillary Clinton for potential vulnerabilities as a candidate for president.

The hacker, whom U.S. officials have claimed is associated with Russian intelligence services but who claims he is actually a Romanian national, released thousands of additional pages of DNC information to the internet today. The documents, summarized in reports by thesmokinggun.com and the Daily Mail, include dozens of pages of DNC investigations into Clinton’s speaking fees, her use of private aircraft and concerns related to the Clinton Foundation’s financial affairs.

One section is headed, “The Clinton Foundation has accepted donations from individuals, some of whom had ties to foreign governments, during her tenure as secretary of state.” Another noted that donations to the Foundation from “individuals tied to Saudi Arabia” had “raised eyebrows inside the FBI.”

The DNC Noted

The DNC also made note of Hillary Clinton’s “standard” $225,000 speaking fee and her requirement for travel aboard a 19-passenger private jet, a presidential suite plus up to “three (3) adjoining or contiguous rooms for her travel aides;’ and “a flat fee of $1000” for “an immediate transcription of Secretary Clinton’s remarks” to be prepared for Clinton’s private use by a stenographer.

The DNC also indicated potential concerns related to the Clinton Foundation’s relationship with organizers of paid speaking engagement by former president Bill Clinton. DNC accounting indicates he was paid $105.8 million for 544 speeches in the first three years following his departure from office.

There were also questions raised in the DNC documents about the Clinton Foundation’s compliance with disclosure agreements made with President Obama.

Guccifer 2.0 objected to The Smoking Gun’s previous characterization of himself or herself as a “felon” or “vandal.” “I’m not a criminal,” he said. “I’m a freedom fighter.”

Hilary Clinton Responds

Hillary Clinton responded to the cyberattack, reported the International Business Times, that “The Russian government uses cyberattacks to gain information to be used for economic commercial advantage, for political advantage and for military advantage. This seems like another example where they are trying to vacuum up information. Why? We don’t know yet.”

She said he campaign had not been hacked but that she would make  cybersecurity “an issue that I will be absolutely focused on as president because whether it’s Russia, China, Iran or North Korea more and more countries are using hacking to steal out information. We can’t let that go on.”

The same report adds that “Russia has denied involvement. German Klimenko, the advisor to Russian president Vladimir Putin, said it was likely that a DNC staffer “simply forgot the password.”