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Russia is now targeting REPUBLICAN groups who are calling for more sanctions against Russia. Microsoft Security officials have detected a spike in GRU-created websites trying to hack and steal passwords from Republican Groups who are seeking continued sanctions against Russia.
"BOSTON — The Russian military intelligence unit that sought to influence the 2016 election appears to have a new target: conservative American think tanks that have broken with President Trump and are seeking continued sanctions against Moscow, exposing oligarchs or pressing for human rights.
In a report scheduled for release on Tuesday, Microsoft Corporation said that it detected and seized websites that were created in recent weeks by hackers linked to the Russian unit formerly known as the G.R.U. The sites appeared meant to trick people into thinking they were clicking through links managed by the Hudson Institute and the International Republican Institute, but were secretly redirected to web pages created by the hackers to steal passwords and other credentials.
Microsoft also found websites imitating the United States Senate, but not specific Senate offices or political campaigns.
The shift to attacking conservative think tanks underscores the Russian intelligence agency’s goals: to disrupt any institutions challenging Moscow and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia."
Wow. Who could have foreseen that Russians would eventually attack Conservatives as well? Certainly not the Conservatives claiming that Russian interference was no big deal.
I have always maintained the position that the US should push back hard against this type of behavior - not because it favors or disfavors particular candidates, but because it undermines the entire electoral process universally, which is to say on a bi-partisan basis. But that's probably because I'm not a shortsighted, self-interested extreme partisan.
This is no surprise. Traditional Republicans are basically the polar opposite of Trump-Putin style populism/cult of personality. They support free trade, free media, immigration and the Western alliance.
They are a threat to Trump, in many ways moreso than progressives, so Putin has to protect his puppet.
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Wow. Who could have foreseen that Russians would eventually attack Conservatives as well? Certainly not the Conservatives claiming that Russian interference was no big deal.
I have always maintained the position that the US should push back hard against this type of behavior - not because it favors or disfavors particular candidates, but because it undermines the entire electoral process universally, which is to say on a bi-partisan basis. But that's probably because I'm not a shortsighted, self-interested extreme partisan.
Trump put sanctions on Russia, yet he's Putin's puppet.
You leftists are delusional.
He put sanctions on Russia kicking and screaming, and only once sanctions were being pushed by a veto-proof Congressional majority. Even then, he dragged his feet on implementing them.
He put sanctions on Russia kicking and screaming, and only once sanctions were being pushed by a veto-proof Congressional majority. Even then, he dragged his feet on implementing them.
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