The U.S. military blocked Internet access to an infamous Russian entity seeking to sow discord among Americans during the 2018 midterms, several U.S. officials said, a warning that the group’s operations against the United States are not cost-free.
The operation marked the first muscle-flexing by U.S. Cyber Command, with intelligence from the National Security Agency, under new authorities it was granted by President Trump and Congress last year to bolster offensive capabilities.ction will be long-lasting remains to be seen. Russia’s tactics are evolving, and some analysts were skeptical of the deterrent value on either the Russian troll factory or on Putin, who, according to U.S. intelligence officials,in 2016 to undermine faith in U.S.
But some U.S. officials argued that “grand strategic deterrence” is not always the goal. “Part of our objective is to throw a little curve ball, inject a little friction, sow confusion,” said one defense official. “There’s value in that. We showed what’s in the realm of the possible. It’s not the old way of doing business anymore.”some U.S. senators credited CyberCom with averting Russian interference in the midterms.
The blockage was so frustrating to the trolls that they complained to their system administrators about the disruption, the officials said.
It's a fake, as usual. WaPo, when did you write the truth last time? Never?
Wow thanks!!
Would their funding be what the Donald wants to take from the US MILITARY to fund the low Tech wall?
Wow
I would think that whatever damage they wanted to do had already been done by Election Day, but what do I know?
Rishammy So why is Trump trying to curtail or outright get rid of Cyber Command ?
good for us...at least it’s something.🇺🇸
Like I've said before, US intelligence is the best at cyberwarfare followed by, Israel, Russia, and China. We can hit back if we know the threat. It doesn't have to wait on trump to act. Their job is National Security.
Paper ballots!
Good!!! About time. Now knock it offline permanently
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This is good news, but I can’t help thinking a stronger statement could have been made with a cruise missile.
Paper ballots.
Yes. Spike them.
kindraf Good timing!
Holy cow! Thank you, feds working diligently to prevent the 2016 disaster again! kylegriffin1 AshaRangappa_ AdamParkhomenko NatashaBertrand DavidCornDC CNN MSNBC MaddowBlog maddow
Good answer! Now that's how you get 'er done. Just shut that shit down.
So please tell us again how this Russia thing is just a hoax?
Georgia, PA, WI, TN, AR, NJ, KY, TX, KS, DE, & LA continue to buy Insecure, Barcode Voting systems that will make it impossible to know if elections are stolen. We must demand HandMarkedPaperBallots - the recommendation of Indpt Cyber Security Experts.
Isn't Homeland eliminating vital security in the upcoming 2020 election? If true?! Why?!!
HREAT STORY AS IS THE WASH POET'S LEGACY, KATHERINE GRAHAM AND BEN B. WOULD BE PROUD OF YHESE REPORTERS.
We need to do this every day.
Pay attention!
superlorna69 when are the going to disrupt robert mercer's...
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It should be forever BLOCK-them for good 👏🏻🙌🏻👏🏻🙌🏻👏🏻🙌🏻👏🏻🙌🏻👏🏻🇺🇸
Can we restrict their access permanently?
Why are we playing This Game The purpose of which IS Grandiose moves out of sync sanctioned by Trump = diversionary tactics.
But will not do the same in 2020
“It was a pin prick”
I uh... Don't think that was enough
Interestingly enough, i specifically remember less twitter bots around this time replying to Trumps tweets.
I totally believe the CIA, I'm mean Wapo 😅
So that was the 400 lb. guy in New Jersey that realDonaldTrump was referring to...
But Putin was very strong and powerful in his denial that Russia did it. I don't understand.
Maybe Trump will create a cyberspace force to combat this?
NatSecElitist Always Ready even in cyberspace.
How interesting that this story came out this week. Trying to get ahead of an avalanche of contrary news, perhaps, with a well timed manipulation of the press?
WaPo Fake News!
However, they were not able to stop these Russian Hacker t-shirts. Discount code is MANAFORTOSTRICH
SHHHHH or trump will shut it down! 🤐
Nice
An 'oligarch's troll factory' is an accurate description of the Post. Rivals
What will our great Russian apologist realDonaldTrump say about this? It could have been China? Our military doesn't know Putin's musk like I do? There are good trolls on both sides? Fake news? Build the wall to stop cyber attacks? He only has so many lines. Can't wait.
Haha.. you weinies think people vote against Dems because of social media ..Oh boy
Who cares probably fake news it half truth
Thank you President Trump for keeping the democrats at bay.
trump won’t like this. 😂
sure wish I could read this.
Wow ,,, sure hope Trump will punish those roge people who did this ,,, this is not what our military is for !!
So what? Would be more impressive if it was a week earlier. Very few people make up their voting decision on the day of the election.
😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡how much longer until the russian assets are removed?!! Treasonous trump regime!!! We must stop russia from attacking our elections!!
The operation targeted the infamous Internet Research Agency in St. Petersburg, a company underwritten by an oligarch close to President Vladimir Putin, several U.S. officials said.
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