From Washington Post:
“The U.S. intelligence community took the extraordinary step Friday of directly accusing the Russian government of attempting to interfere in the coming U.S. elections by purposefully leaking emails hacked from the Democratic National Committee and other entities.
The intelligence agencies, in a joint statement, alleged the hacks were directed by the most senior officials in the Russian government.
“We believe, based on the scope and sensitivity of these efforts, that only Russia’s senior-most officials could have authorized these activities,” the statement said.
The allegation, coming less than four months after the DNC first disclosed it was hacked, puts the U.S. and Russia on an even more adversarial path following the breakdown of negotiations over hostilities in Syria and other diplomatic spats.
U.S. officials have blamed foreign countries for cyberattacks in the past, notably attributing a hack of Sony Pictures to North Korea in 2014. But it is highly unusual, if not unprecedented, for Washington to directly accuse a powerful country of attempting to sabotage U.S. elections.”
More at the Washington Post: http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-blames-russia-for-recent-hacks-1475870371
