Deputy Attorney General Rod J

AmericanDreamer — Fri, 20 Jul 2018 14:15:42 +0000

In reply to The Russians Who Hacked The DNC Have Targeted At Least Three 2018 Campaigns, Microsoft Says

Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein on Thursday unveiled a new policy designed to counter Russian hacking and disinformation campaigns, even as congressional Republicans in Washington shot down an effort to provide states new funding for election security.

The moves come as intelligence officials are strongly pushing back on President Trump's apparemnt skepticism that Russia was behind the sweeping interference campaign that disrupted the 2016 election.

"The Cybersecurity 202: Justice Department and congressional Republicans move in different directions on election security", Derek Hawkins, WaPo this morning, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-cybersecurity-2...

Linking as well to PP's 7/18 related thread: http://www.dagblog.com/link/voting-machine-firms-lied-about-hacks-remote...

Saved the unveiling for that

artappraiser — Fri, 20 Jul 2018 04:33:56 +0000

In reply to The Russians Who Hacked The DNC Have Targeted At Least Three 2018 Campaigns, Microsoft Says

Ah so, Rosenstein saved the unveiling for that elite Apsen crowd?

Justice Department unveils strategy to fight election meddling, cybercrime

For the first time, DOJ describes how it will respond to influence plots like Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential race.

By Eric Geller @ Politico.com - 07/19/2018 08:57 PM EDT

The Justice Department on Thursday issued a wide-ranging report describing the cyber threats facing the United States and the department’s tactics for investigating, disrupting and deterring those risks.

Most significantly, the report contains the first public description of how the DOJ will assess and respond to foreign influence operations like Russia’s 2016 election meddling.

“That policy reflects an effort to articulate neutral principles so that when the issue that the government confronted in 2016 arises again — as it surely will — there will be a framework to address it," Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said in unveiling the report at the Aspen Security Forum. [....]

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Deputy Attorney General Rod J

Saved the unveiling for that