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In reply to the discussion: I know many will disagree with me, but I stand by Ms. Winner [View all]jmg257
(11,996 posts)Except her.
I am pretty sure Putin & the GRU won't be charged.
"The report indicates that Russian hacking may have penetrated further into U.S. voting systems than was previously understood. It states unequivocally in its summary statement that it was Russian military intelligence, specifically the Russian General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate, or GRU, that conducted the cyber attacks described in the document:"
Russian General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate actors
executed cyber espionage operations against a named U.S. company in August 2016, evidently to obtain information on elections-related software and hardware solutions.
The actors likely used data obtained from that operation to
launch a voter registration-themed spear-phishing campaign targeting U.S. local government organizations.
"This NSA summary judgment is sharply at odds with Russian President Vladimir Putins denial last week that Russia had interfered in foreign elections:..."
https://theintercept.com/2017/06/05/top-secret-nsa-report-details-russian-hacking-effort-days-before-2016-election/