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Russian hackers continue work…Trump looks clueless…

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Donald Trump continues not accept the fact that the Russian’s have been all over American online sites during his campaign and now….

The facts are mentioned by commercial outfits like Google, Microsoft and even the American Intelligence Community led by the US Director of Intelligence….

The Russians are sowing continuing their efforts to sow decent in the West…..

It is so crazy that the British  have let it be known that they are going to the American Intelligence community directly to ask what will be done….They are bypassing Trump who they KNOW doesn’t accept that he’s standing alone on dealing with the Russians….

Parts of an operation linked to Russian military intelligence targeting the US Senate and conservative think tanks that advocated for tougher policies against Russia were thwarted last week, Microsoft announced early Tuesday.

The disclosure, coming less than three months ahead of the 2018 midterms, demonstrates new ways in which Russia is attempting to destabilize US institutions. The news also places additional pressure on President Donald Trump to take action, even though he downplayed Russia’s involvement as recently as Monday.
In its announcement, Microsoft said it executed a court order giving it control of six websites created by a group known as Fancy Bear. The group was behind the 2016 hack of the Democratic National Committee and directed by the GRU, the Russian military intelligence unit, according to cybersecurity firms.
The websites could have been used to launch cyberattacks on candidates and other political groups ahead of November’s elections, the company said.
Microsoft said the domains were “associated with the Russian government and known as Strontium, or alternatively Fancy Bear or APT28.” The company said it has no evidence that the domains were used in successful attacks but that it was working with the potential target organizations.
Microsoft argued in court that the domains were posing as some of its company’s services.
“Attackers want their attacks to look as realistic as possible and they therefore create websites and URLs that look like sites their targeted victims would expect to receive email from or visit,” Microsoft President Brad Smith said in a blog posted to the company’s website on Monday night….

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