The Justice Department investigation of Assange and WikiLeaks dates to at least 2010, when the site first gained wide attention for posting thousands of files stolen by the former US Army intelligence analyst now known as Chelsea Manning, according to ...
Read More »F.B.I. Is Investigating Trump’s Russia Ties, Comey Confirms
The F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, took the extraordinary step on Monday of announcing that the agency is investigating whether members of President Trump’s campaign colluded with Russia to influence the 2016 election, Joinfo.com reports with reference to The New ...
Read More »UK political parties warned of Russia hacking threat: report
Britain’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), part of the GCHQ spying agency, said it had written to the leaders of political parties offering to help strengthen their network security, confirming a report in the Sunday Times, Reuters reports. “You will ...
Read More »Trump asks US Congress to probe if Obama ordered wiretap
The White House asked the U.S. Congress on Sunday to examine whether the Obama administration abused its investigative authority during the 2016 campaign, as part of an ongoing congressional probe into Russia’s influence on the election, Joinfo.comreports with reference to ...
Read More »Obama Administration Rushed to Preserve Intelligence of Russian Election Hacking – NY Times
Former American officials say they had two aims: to ensure that such meddling isn’t duplicated in future American or European elections, and to leave a clear trail of intelligence for government investigators, according to New York Times. American allies, including ...
Read More »U.S. inquiries into Russian election hacking include three FBI probes
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is pursuing at least three separate probes relating to alleged Russian hacking of the U.S. presidential elections, according to five current and former government officials with direct knowledge of the situation, according to Reuters. ...
Read More »Donald Trump acknowledges Russia role in U.S. election hacking: aide
Reince Priebus said Trump believed Russia was behind the intrusions into the Democratic Party organizations, although Priebus did not clarify whether the president-elect agreed that the hacks were directed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, Reuters reports. “He accepts the fact ...
Read More »US intel report: Putin sought to help Trump win election
The US intelligence said in the declassified report published on Friday that Russian President Vladimir Putin sought to help Donald Trump win the presidential election, Joinfo.com reports with reference to the BBC. The report was released shortly after intelligence chiefs ...
Read More »US intel chief promises to explain Putin’s motive for election meddling
Director of National Intelligence General James Clapper said Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the hack of Democratic Party emails, and the motive will be revealed next week, the BBC reports. But Clapper stopped short of saying it was “an act ...
Read More »US announces Russian sanctions, expels 35 diplomats
President Barack Obama took unprecedented steps Thursday retaliating against what the administration described as “Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities,” including sanctioning six Russian individuals and five Russian entities as well as ordering Russian diplomats to leave the country, CNN reports. US ...
Read More »CNN: Obama administration prepares sanctions against Russia for meddling US election
The actions are expected to include expanded sanctions and diplomatic measures, the officials said, in what the administration deems a proportional response to a Russian operation that went beyond cyber hacking activities common among nations, CNN reports. Some of the ...
Read More »Barack Obama promises retaliation for Russian election hacking
“We need to take action and we will,” he told US public radio network NPR, according to the BBC. Russia stands accused by the US of hacking the emails of the Democratic Party and a key Hillary Clinton aide, which ...
Read More »Vladimir Putin personally involved in US election hack – intelligence report
U.S. intelligence officials now believe with “a high level of confidence” that Russian President Vladimir Putin became personally involved in the covert Russian campaign to interfere in the U.S. presidential election, senior U.S. intelligence officials told NBC News. Two senior ...
Read More »Donald Trump rejects CIA assessment on Russia hacking
“I think it’s just another excuse. I don’t believe it,” Trump said in an interview on “Fox News Sunday,” CNN reports. Trump’s direct criticisms of the intelligence community are unprecedented for an incoming commander in chief. His comments come as ...
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