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Credit to Author: Grant Gross| Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2017 08:36:00 -0700

The FBI is actively investigating Russia’s attempts to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election and possible cooperation from President Donald Trump’s campaign, agency director James Comey confirmed.

The existence of an investigation isn’t a surprise, but Comey’s announcement Monday is the first time the FBI has acknowledged an active case. The FBI typically does not comment on active investigations, but the Russian actions targeting the U.S. election represents an “unusual” case, he told members of the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee.

Comey told lawmakers he couldn’t comment more on the investigation, but he said the FBI is looking into possible contacts and cooperation between the Trump campaign and the Russian government. The FBI is looking into “the nature of any links” between the Trump campaign and the Russian government, he said.

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ComputerWorld Independent

Doubts abound over U.S. action on cybersecurity

February 15, 2017 admin Election Hacking, Security

Credit to Author: Michael Kan| Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2017 04:02:00 -0800

How should the U.S. respond to cyberattacks? That’s been a major question at this year’s RSA security conference, following Russia’s suspected attempt to influence last year’s election.

Clearly, the government should be doing more on cybersecurity, said U.S. lawmakers and officials at the show in San Francisco, but they admit that politics and policy conflicts have hampered the government’s approach.

“I wish the federal government could do this, but it’s very hard, unfortunately, due to partisan politics,” said Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, during a speech at the show. “They haven’t been able to take the lead on this issue as they should have.”

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Want Secure Elections? Then Maybe Don’t Cut Security Funding

February 14, 2017 admin Congress, Election Hacking, Elections, National Affairs, Opinion, russian hacking, Security, voting machines

Credit to Author: Dan S. Wallach and Justin Talbot-Zorn| Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 13:30:35 +0000

Want Secure Elections? Then Maybe Don’t Cut Security Funding

Opinion: Dropping funding for the crucial Election Administration Commission is a particularly bad way to save money. The post Want Secure Elections? Then Maybe Don’t Cut Security Funding appeared first on WIRED.

ComputerWorld Independent

UK defense secretary urges NATO to fend off Russian cyberattacks

February 3, 2017 admin cyberattacks, Election Hacking, Security

The U.K.’s defense secretary is accusing Russia of using cyberattacks to “disable” democratic processes across the West, and he’s demanding that NATO fight back.

“NATO must defend itself as effectively in the cyber sphere as it does in the air, on land, and at sea,” Defense Secretary Michael Fallon said. “So adversaries know there is a price to pay if they use cyber weapons.”

Fallon made the comments in a Thursday speech about the threat of “Russia’s military resurgence.”

He pointed to the Kremlin’s suspected role in influencing last year’s presidential election in the U.S., as part of growing number of alleged cyberattacks that have targeted Western governments.

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ComputerWorld Independent

Obama-led sanction affected U.S. tech firms in Russia

February 2, 2017 admin Election Hacking, Security

Sanctions imposed by former President Obama on Russia for hacking during the U.S. election had an unintended side effect: they essentially barred U.S. tech firms from selling new IT products in the country.

Part of last month’s sanction order was designed to block U.S. companies from doing business with Russia’s Federal Security Service, also known as the FSB, because of its suspected role in influencing last year’s election.

But the FSB isn’t just an intelligence agency. It’s also a crucial regulator in Russia that clears new IT products, including smartphones and tablets, for sale in the country.

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