WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Saturday tried to blame the Obama administration for not responding aggressively enough to Russian hacking of Democratic targets in the 2016 U.S. election — cyberattacks underpinning the indictment of 12 Russian military intelligence officers. Trump’s first response to special counsel Robert Mueller’s initial charges against Russian government officials […]
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U.S. charges 9 Iranians in massive hacking scheme
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration announced criminal charges and sanctions Friday against Iranians accused in a government-sponsored hacking scheme to pilfer sensitive information from hundreds of universities, private companies and American government agencies. The nine defendants, accused of working at the behest of the Iranian government-tied Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, hacked the computer systems […]
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Russian hackers hunted U.S. defense tech via contractors’ email
WASHINGTON (AP) — Russian cyberspies pursuing the secrets of military drones and other sensitive U.S. defense technology tricked key contract workers into exposing their email to theft, an Associated Press investigation has found. What ultimately may have been stolen is uncertain, but the hackers clearly exploited a national vulnerability in cybersecurity: poorly protected email and […]
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Susan Collins, Angus King defend Senate probe into Russia-Trump ties
Despite reports of a lack of progress in the Senate Intelligence Committee’s probe of Russian meddling in last year’s presidential election, the two Maine senators who serve on the panel said they think it’s still on track. “While I would have hoped that the committee would be moving faster, my sense is that this investigation, […]
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Sen. Angus King: Russian hackers got more on Hillary Clinton than released
Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, left, and Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., right, listen as Clint Watts, center, a Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute Program on National Security, testifies Thursday, March 30, 2017, before the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Russian intelligence activities. Lawmakers heading the Senate Intelligence Committee focused […]
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Full investigation warranted
The United States cannot afford to have the core of its democratic principles violated, and it is important that allegations of foreign interference in our elections be freely and independently investigated without partisan interference. As citizens, we must express our concerns to all of our senators and representatives that they uphold their oaths of office […]
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Donald Trump says Dems 'made up' allegations of Russia interference
President Donald Trump walks to the White House after arriving on Marine One, Sunday, March 19, 2017, in Washington. Trump is returning from a trip to his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday accused Democrats of making up allegations that Russia interfered in last […]
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Sen. Angus King presses James Clapper about Russian hacking
U.S. Sen. Angus King told federal intelligence officials at a congressional hearing Thursday looking into allegations of Russian interference with this year’s presidential election that “people in Maine are skeptical” about the charges. Though the independent senator from Maine has expressed few doubts about the role played by Russia in hacking Democratic computers and spreading […]
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Don’t assume that Russia hacked U.S. election
By Elaine Ou Bloomberg View Americans and their news media have displayed a great willingness to believe that the Russian government stands behind the theft and release of emails that may have helped Donald Trump win the U.S. presidential election. They should keep in mind that, despite the “high confidence” of intelligence agencies, tracing a […]