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posted by on Sunday January 01 2017, @05:47PM   Printer-friendly
from the more-details-as-they-occur dept.

Obama Details Actions in Response to Russian Malicious Cyber Activity

U.S. President Obama writes:

I have issued an executive order that provides additional authority for responding to certain cyber activity that seeks to interfere with or undermine our election processes and institutions, or those of our allies or partners. Using this new authority, I have sanctioned nine entities and individuals: the GRU and the FSB, two Russian intelligence services; four individual officers of the GRU; and three companies that provided material support to the GRU's cyber operations. In addition, the Secretary of the Treasury is designating two Russian individuals for using cyber-enabled means to cause misappropriation of funds and personal identifying information. The State Department is also shutting down two Russian compounds, in Maryland and New York, used by Russian personnel for intelligence-related purposes, and is declaring "persona non grata" 35 Russian intelligence operatives. Finally, the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are releasing declassified technical information on Russian civilian and military intelligence service cyber activity, to help network defenders in the United States and abroad identify, detect, and disrupt Russia's global campaign of malicious cyber activities. [...] [The Obama] Administration will be providing a report to Congress in the coming days about Russia's efforts to interfere in our election, as well as malicious cyber activity related to our election cycle in previous elections.

Press release. Text of Executive Order. Annex to Executive Order.

Russia Calls for Expulsion of U.S. Diplomats

Although Russia's foreign minister has asked President Vladimir Putin to expel 35 U.S. diplomats from the country in response to President Obama's actions, President Putin has so far declined to do so.

Dispute on Russia's Involvement with DNC Hacking

A WikiLeaks associate has disputed the Russian hacking narrative, saying that he was handed the documents in Washington, D.C.:

On 15 December 2016, the British tabloid Daily Mail quoted Craig Murray, a former U.K. ambassador to Uzbekistan and "close associate" of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, as saying that the Democratic National Committee's e-mails were not obtained by WikiLeaks due to the efforts of Russian hackers but were instead leaked by a disgruntled DNC operative who had legal access to them [...]

Murray said he retrieved the package from a source during a clandestine meeting in a wooded area near American University, in northwest D.C. He said the individual he met with was not the original person who obtained the information, but an intermediary.

Of course, it could be completely untrue. At the moment we have only his account to work with.


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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 01 2017, @06:22PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 01 2017, @06:22PM (#448195)

    > It's national narcissism. It's not bad when we do it. What exactly did the commies do again?

    That is some bullshit tu quoque defense.

    Putin absolutely went berzerk [nytimes.com] when he thought clinton meddled with his election. And all he had to bitch about were protests. Something we consider unremarkable in a free democracy.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by GungnirSniper on Sunday January 01 2017, @09:01PM

    by GungnirSniper (1671) on Sunday January 01 2017, @09:01PM (#448239) Journal

    Funny the story is the same. Instead of accepting the results of an election the loser* still blamed an outside party instead of their own poor campaign.

    * Yes, Putin won. But not by as much as he wanted.

    • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 02 2017, @12:02AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 02 2017, @12:02AM (#448292)

      You are right, but not the way you think.
      Clinton is not saying russia's meddling cost her the election. If anything, she's blaming Comey's last minute bullshit. [google.com]

      But you know who is blaming russia? Trump!
      That idiot can not shut the fuck up about it. Sure he's denying it. But damn is he protesting too much.
      Why doesn't he simply say, "I won fair and square, but despite that Russia's actions need to be taken seriously."
      His fellow republicans have said that - even his best bud, speaker of the house, Paul Ryan, thinks the sanctions are "overdue." [reuters.com]

      So why is Trump so intent on making it all about him? Why is he so intent on denying something that nobody is seriously accusing him of?
      It is starting to look hinky as shit.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 02 2017, @12:57PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 02 2017, @12:57PM (#448485)

        Making it all about him means that he creates the controversy and only he can end the controversy. All the way through the elections we saw this play out - he says something about himself or in relation to himself, then trolls the media for a few weeks crowding out any real news. I hope people catch on because congress will be dismantling the federal govt. for 4 years while y'all get enraged over whether Trump is more like Berlisconi or Putin, and what celebrity A said to celebrity B.