Cybersecurity
U.S. Can’t Blame Russia as Easily as N. Korea in Latest Hack
- FBI investigating breach, leak of Democratic campaign e-mails
- Russia rejects accusations it was behind cyber intrusion
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When President Barack Obama blamed North Korea in December 2014 for hacking Sony Pictures Entertainment, he had little to lose. The stakes are higher with Russia, as speculation swirls that Vladimir Putin’s government may be meddling in the U.S. election.
Russia is a leading suspect in an FBI probe of a hacking attack on the Democratic National Committee that resulted in the theft of e-mail and internal reports, according to a U.S. official with knowledge of the probe. Cyber specialists say the infiltration and last week’s release of almost 20,000 party e-mails bear the hallmarks of Russian hackers.