Russians Indicted in Spear Phishing Attack on US DNC

Colleagues, last Friday Robert Mueller filed charges against Russian hackers tied to cyberattacks on the Democratic National Committee. Assistant Attorney General announced the indictment last Friday (read the full text here). The indictments, were announced by US Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein during a Justice Department press conference on Friday morning. The twelve Russians defendants are a part of Russia's military Intel agency known as the GRU. These so-called "active measures," secret tools of statecraft and Russian is the chief offender. More precisely, the Russians used spear-phishing techniques against unwitting DNC staff as designed and delivered by well-known Russian cyber warfare entity FancyBear. Bottom line: Despite the domestic overtones, the US needs to mount an unprecedented offensive cyber initiative to neutralize and then dismantle Russia’s cyber infrastructure. With the US mid-term elections just months away, such actions are long overdue and the US must make an asymmetric, prolonged offensive against Russia. The sovereignty of the US Constitution and our electoral process lies in the balance. Share your assessment while visiting us today! Lawrence – Cyber Security Defender (https://cryptocurrencyacademy.blogspot.com/)