To: Brumar89 who wrote (988117 ) 12/16/2016 6:24:37 PM From: J_F_Shepard Respond to https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2016/12/russian-hacking-trump/510689/ Updated on December 16, 2016 What’s the latest? NBC and ABC that Russian President Vladimir Putin was “personally involved” in cyberattacks aimed at interfering with the United States presidential election. NBC’s report relies on “two senior officials with direct access to the information,” ABC’s on “U.S. and foreign intelligence officials.” In an interview with NPR on December 15, U.S. President Barack Obama vowed that the U.S. would take action in response, “at a time and place of our own choosing.” He went on : “Mr. Putin is well aware of my feelings about this, because I spoke to him directly about it.”Didn’t we already know about Russia hacking the Democratic National Committee and others? Why all the fuss? The New York Times and The Washington Post on December 9 for the first time claimed that the intent of the hacking was to sway the election in favor of Trump, rather than simply sow generalized distrust. It has not yet been suggested that cyberattacks managed to change the actual vote tally in favor of either presidential candidate.reported an intrusion into its computer network, and the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike publicly blamed Russian hackers after analyzing the breach. In July, after emails stolen from the committee appeared on WikiLeaks, Democratic members of congress also blamed the Russians, with Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook alleging that “It was the Russians who perpetrated this leak for the purpose of helping Donald Trump and hurting Hillary Clinton.”
