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Marcel Lazar Lehel, a former cab driver from Romania, was known under the alias Guccifer, and rose to fame last year after he hacked into the former US president Bush’s AOL email account. Guccifer managed to snag photos, private emails, security codes, and information on George H.W. Bushs declining health, but Bush’s awkward bathroom self-portraits made the headlines. Guccifer’s antics may have embarrassed George W. Bush, but the former president decided to showcase more than two dozen portraits in April, along with artifacts and photos from his presidency. Guccifer didn’t just target Bush though: a long list of alleged victims include government and military officials, journalists, diplomats, academics, and even Hillary Clintons email exchanges after the Benghazi attack.