U.S. disrupted internet access of Russian troll factory on day of 2018 midterms

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The U.S. blocked internet access to an infamous Russian entity seeking to sow discord during the 2018 midterm elections, U.S. officials said

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 strike on the Internet Research Agency in St. Petersburg, a company underwritten by an oligarch close to President Vladimir Putin, was part of the first offensive cyber campaign against Russia designed to thwart attempts to interfere with a U.

In a response to questions from the Washington Post, Prigozhin said in a statement on the Russian version of Facebook, "I cannot comment on the work of the Internet Research Agency in any way because I have no relation to it." Concord Management declined to comment, citing the ongoing litigation in the United States.

 

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Hi baby! You are the future defender of your homeland. And so that no scum would even get close to the elections in the United States of America. 🇺🇸

Good. 👍 Very good. 👍 Another bunch of rats was terminated. When a loser is a loser, he only harms others. For more he isn’t capable. I very much will ask you to do deratization in the future. Harmful bastards must be destroyed.

Lol...top men...what could possibly go wrong

...but didn't they already complete their objective by election day?

F*** it let him in and we will be the ones to overcome

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U.S. Cyber Command operation disrupted Internet access of Russian troll factory on day of 2018 midtermsExclusive: A U.S. military operation disrupted a Russian troll factory's Internet access on the day of the 2018 midterms 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. 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.
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