Cybersecurity
Russia Rejects as ‘Rubbish’ Claims Putin Directed U.S. Hacking
- NBC reports intelligence shows Putin oversaw use of material
- Russian foreign minister says he was ‘stunned’ by U.S. claim
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Russia dismissed as “rubbish” a U.S. news report that intelligence shows President Vladimir Putin personally directed how material hacked from the Democratic Party was used during the presidential election campaign.
“This is amusing rubbish that has no basis in fact,” Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Thursday on a conference call with reporters, while accompanying the Russian president on a trip to Japan. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov also told reporters in Japan that he was “stunned” by the NBC News report, which cited two unidentified U.S. officials with direct access to the information.