Retaliation for Russian Election Hack Could Be Announced Thursday

[brassmonkey]

The Obama administration is expected to announce as early as tomorrow the retaliatory steps it plans to take against Russia for the alleged cyberassault that may have affected the U.S. presidential election, according to sources familiar with the matter.

Federal authorities are also expected to lay out in further detail why it is so confident that Russia was behind the hacks and tried to influence the U.S. election. Sources sid that groups believed to be involved in the Russian-backed operations will be named.
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Authorities said a Russian-backed cyberassault on Democratic political organizations during the 2016 presidential campaign resulted in leaked emails that proved embarrassing to Hillary Clinton's campaign. Sources told ABC News the announcement would include only public steps, particularly economic sanctions, and is not expected to reveal any possible covert actions being taken by U.S. intelligence agencies. It will add a little more clarity about why authorities believe Russia is to blame, one source said.

The expected announcement is not the culmination of the broad review of Russian hacking recently ordered by President Obama. That review is ongoing, and its findings won't be released until next month.

The Washington Post first reported that the new actions against Russia could be announced as early as this week.

Cyberretaliation against Russia for allegedly meddling in the U.S. election may be limited by fear among U.S. officials of Russia's ability to fire back with devastating consequences.

According to Anup Ghosh, a former top government cyberexpert and the CEO of cybersecurity firm Invincea, American officials are aware that the Russians have already penetrated portions of U.S. critical infrastructure. He said the Russians "have the capability and the will" to pull the trigger on these cyberimplants; Russia used similar malware in cyberattacks that crippled huge swaths of the Ukrainian power grid during the Crimean crisis. Ghosh is a former top official at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, an arm of the Defense Department that creates and adapts emerging technologies for military use.

He said that a significant U.S. cyberattack on Russia would carry "a huge risk" of retaliation and that he doubts the U.S. could "dominate that retaliation." That is one of the unspoken reasons the Obama administration has been saying any retaliation against Russia will be "proportional," he said.

He said he expects that the primary U.S. action will have to be similar to the approach used against China, with sanctions and diplomatic and law enforcement tools used to try to deter the behavior.

When asked about the U.S. response to the Russian cyberattacks, White House spokesman Josh Earnest would say only that the United States "will respond at a time and with a means of our choosing."

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[pimpmaster9000]

the USA is fair game:

[EddyTheDog]

Originally Posted by crucifissio

the USA is fair game:

They are hypocrites, we all know that - You can't expect them to just take it up the ass when it happens them though - That's not how the game is played, and it applies to most countries...

[nico-t]

the final desperate attempts of obama and the establishment to cling on to their perpetual war agenda. Pretty sad.

Trump FTW!

[Sarn]

obamo

[Barry-xlovecam]

It won't make any difference.

The parallels to paysites and tubes are so vivid.

US IT security sucks.

[brassmonkey]

Originally Posted by Barry-xlovecam

It won't make any difference.

The parallels to paysites and tubes are so vivid.

US IT security sucks.

what??? go eat some breakfast!

[Barry-xlovecam]

Chinese Traders Charged With Trading On Hacked Nonpublic Information Stolen From Two Law Firms - Marks First Time SEC Charges Hacking Into Law Firm Computer Networks

This sort of thing happens all of the time.

US IT security is a joke.

I would love to see some details on these alleged political party hacking events by foreign agents. Either they will not disclose them because they are too embarrassing or because they never happened.

Obama's parting shot; We are going to punish you because you hacked us -- because you could.

[Bladewire]

I can understand undercutting DT because DT is undermining his presidency by meddling in affairs before he takes office.

Obama has to publicly list these steps so when DT takes office it will be on public record that he's repealing all punishment to Russia for the hackings. At the same time DT will be pushing to work more with Russia so it puts DT in a tight Manchurian spot. It basically makes DT push twice as hard for Putin, making the ass fucking twice as tight to penetrate.

[EddyTheDog]

US expels Russian diplomats over cyber attack allegations - BBC News

[nico-t]

Originally Posted by brassmonkey

what??? go eat some breakfast!

free tip: get a genuine english breakfast, smear the baked beans between your cheeks and shove that sausage up your ass

[Bladewire]

Originally Posted by nico-t

free tip: get a genuine english breakfast, smear the baked beans between your cheeks and shove that sausage up your ass

How does it feel? What kind of sausage did you try it with? 💦🍆🔥🔥🔥

[nico-t]

Originally Posted by Bladewire

How does it feel? Polish sausage is my favorite 💦🍆🔥🔥🔥

you're completely lost in your own troll forest

PA was a good guy btw

[Bladewire]

Originally Posted by nico-t

you're completely lost in your own troll forest

PA was a good guy btw

He is, you're cuter though, and more talented ;) Why did you post your pic as his though? Kind of odd.

Your Jedi mind tricks don't work on fellow Jedi btw