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TOP-SECRET NSA REPORT DETAILS RUSSIAN HACKING EFFORT DAYS BEFORE 2016 ELECTION Matthew Cole, Richard Esposito, Sam Biddle, Ryan Grim June 5 2017, 12:44 p.m. theintercept.com RUSSIAN MILITARY INTELLIGENCE executed a cyberattack on at least one U.S. voting software supplier and sent spear-phishing emails to more than 100 local election officials just days before last November’s presidential election, according to a highly classified intelligence report obtained by The Intercept. The top-secret National Security Agency document, which was provided anonymously to The Intercept and independently authenticated, analyzes intelligence very recently acquired by the agency about a months-long Russian intelligence cyber effort against elements of the U.S. election and voting infrastructure. The report, dated May 5, 2017, is the most detailed U.S. government account of Russian interference in the election that has yet come to light. Read more here: https://theintercept.com/2017/0

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA * * CRIMINAL NO. v. * * (18 U.S.C. §§ 2, 371, 1030, 1028A, 1956, VIKTOR BORISOVICH NETYKSHO, * and 3551 et seq.) BORIS ALEKSEYEVICH ANTONOV, * DMITRIY SERGEYEVICH BADIN, * IVAN SERGEYEVICH YERMAKOV, * ALEKSEY VIKTOROVICH * LUKASHEV, * SERGEY ALEKSANDROVICH * MORGACHEV, * NIKOLAY YURYEVICH KOZACHEK, * PAVEL VYACHESLAVOVICH * YERSHOV, * ARTEM ANDREYEVICH * MALYSHEV, * ALEKSANDR VLADIMIROVICH * OSADCHUK, * ALEKSEY ALEKSANDROVICH * POTEMKIN, and * ANATOLIY SERGEYEVICH * KOVALEV, * * Defendants. * * ******* INDICTMENT The Grand Jury for the District of Columbia charges: COUNT ONE (Conspiracy to Commit an Offense Against the United States) 1. In or around 2016, the Russian Federation (“Russia”) operated a military intelligence agency called the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff (“GRU”). The GRU had multiple units, including Units 26165 and 74455, enga

It comes days before President Trump’s summit with Russian leader Vladimir Putin. By Alex Ward@AlexWardVoxalex.ward@vox.com Jul 13, 2018, 12:30pm EDT pdf here - https://www.vox.com/2018/7/13/17568806/mueller-russia-intelligence-indictment-full-text

July 28, 20187:00 AM ET Heard on Weekend Edition Saturday [https://www.npr.org/2018/07/28/633056819/russian-hackers-targeted-the-most-vulnerable-part-of-u-s-elections-again] Miles Parks MILES PARKS Cyberattackers, traced back to the Vladimir Putin-backed GRU Russian intelligence agency, attempted to hack into the emails of Sen. Claire McCaskill last year. Alexei Nikolsky/Alexei Nikolsky/TASS When Russian hackers targeted the staff of Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., they took aim at maybe the most vulnerable sector of U.S. elections: campaigns. McCaskill's Senate staff received fake emails, as first reported by The Daily Beast, in an apparent attempt by Russia's GRU intelligence agency to gain access to passwords. McCaskill released a statement confirming the attack but said there is no indication the attack was successful. "Russia continues to engage in cyber warfare against our democracy. I will continue to speak out and press to hold them accountable,"

Slipping through the net - Russian hackers vs the world The Calvert Journal is an award-winning online magazine dedicated to exploring the culture and creativity of the New East: eastern Europe, the Balkans, Russia and Central Asia. Text: Sasha Raspopina Russian hackers are notorious for their dubious skills: from the evil programmer and James Bond's nemesis in GoldenEye to the largest cybercrime case in American history. And while hackers from other countries can quite often be motivated by ideology, most Russian cybercriminals have earned a reputation as digital pickpockets more interested in cleaning out other people's bank accounts than making a statement. And though it is universally accepted that most hackers are just crooks, cyber crime is still often admired for the technicality and intelligence that goes into it, making it a heady cocktail of art, science and felony. And even though Russian hackers might be less active than their Chinese and Latin American co

Hudson Hongo 12/29/16 8:25pmFiled to: the cyber In response to Russian “cyber operations aimed at the U.S. election,” the White House released a declassified joint analysis by the FBI and Department of Homeland Security on Thursday of the campaign they have named “Grizzly Steppe.” Article preview thumbnail Obama Fires Back at Election Hacks by Politely Asking Russian Guys to Leave Some say revenge is a dish best served cold. When it comes to alleged electoral interference by… Read more In the report, the agencies summarize the spear-phishing operation that allowed the Russian intelligence organizations known as “Cozy Bear” and “Fancy Bear” to independently access Democratic Party emails and recommend a series of measures to mitigate further attacks. Far more importantly, they list alternate names for the hacking groups, all of which are tight as hell. Below is a list of “Reported Russian Military and Civilian Intelligence Services” aliases and tools contained in th

Here is a link to the Russia-linked Facebook ads released by Congress By Colin Lecher@colinlecher Nov 1, 2017, 3:22pm EDT https://www.theverge.com/2017/11/1/16593346/house-russia-facebook-ads

From Recode.net By Dan Frommer@fromedome Nov 2, 2017, 11:45am Congress has released a list of 2,752 now-deactivated Twitter accounts that the company identified as being tied to Russia’s “Internet Research Agency” troll farm. The list, distributed as a 65-page PDF file, contains a hodgepodge of Twitter handles and their corresponding account ID numbers. Many are spammy-looking Western names, such as @_TraceyJohnson_ or @CarolineReeeed or @justin_mc_call, or Russian-seeming names, including @BogdanKravcov and @VladEvlanin. Others are designed to look like local U.S. news agencies, including @DailyNewsDenver and @DallasTopNews. Nineteen include “news” in their handle. Nine have “Russia” in their name, including @RussiaIsBeauty. Some 27 contain “novosti,” the Russian word for “news.” Others seem designed to play up racial tensions, or are tied to hashtags for police shootings (@Justice4Jamar_). Seven contain “Trump,” including @March_for_Trump. Zero