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发帖数: 206 | 1 US accuses Russia of trying to interfere with 2016 election
Washington (CNN) — The Obama administration said Friday it was "confident"
that Russia was behind recent compromises of emails about upcoming US
elections.
The announcement marks the first time the US has accused Russia of hacking
into US political systems. Earlier in the week, the two countries broke off
formal talks about a resolution in Syria.
"We believe, based on the scope and sensitivity of these efforts, that only
Russia's senior-most officials could have authorized these activities," the
Department of Homeland Security and Office of the Director of National
Intelligence said in a joint statement.
"The recent disclosures of alleged hacked emails on sites like DCLeaks.com
and WikiLeaks and by the Guccifer 2.0 online persona are consistent with the
methods and motivations of Russian-directed efforts," the statement added.
"These thefts and disclosures are intended to interfere with the US election
process. Such activity is not new to Moscow -- the Russians have used
similar tactics and techniques across Europe and Eurasia, for example, to
influence public opinion there."
Officials told CNN that Friday's announcement follows long deliberations
within the Obama administration as to whether and when to take this step.
They have had confidence on the assessment for some time. Only question was
whether to go public.
In addition, the collapse of the US-Russian relationship in other areas,
such as Syria, played a role as well.
CNN's Evan Perez and Jim Sciutto contributed to this report.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/07/politics/us-blames-russia-for-targeting-election-systems/index.html?adkey=bn |
