American electoral system has been hacked

Monday, 29 August, 2016 - 17:00

The FBI says that attacks have been committed  of the election system for the last weeks . It is expected that foreign hackers, according to the FBI says, funded by the Russian government, entered into the voters' data base in order to disrupt the elections in November.

Break-ins have occurred in Arizona and Illinois. According to the FBI, the hackers obtained personal data of 200,000 voters in Illinois, this was stated by the chief of thw legal counsel of Illinois Ken Menzel.

Rich Barger, one of the leading US intelligence asserts that one of the IP address from which the attack was known in connection with a reference to the Russian hacker forums.

In addition, the FBI considers the connection between these attacks and entering the US Democratic party servers.

Katehon experts comment on this:

The anti-Russian hysteria is a part of American information campaign against Russia in the wake of the coming war. To paint a portrait of the enemy is a beloved tactic of the US. Such was the case with the hacked Clinton's emails, such is this case. 

 

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