Election Cyberattacks: Pro-Russia Hackers Have Been Accused in Past

LONDON — While Americans are just coming to terms with the prospect of political cyberattacks tied to Russia — it isn’t the first time Kremlin-linked hackers have been accused of trying to influence voters in other countries.

A torrent of stolen emails released by WikiLeaks — most damaging to the Democrats and Hillary Clinton — have marked the 2016 race in what U.S. intelligence officials say is an unprecedented attempt to by Vladimir Putin’s government to undermine trust in the U.S. election process.

“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 the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said in an extraordinary gloves-off statement on Oct. 7.

Russia has been accused of this before, notably when hackers attempted to hijack an election in neighboring Ukraine in 2014. For the full article click here 

 

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