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US Cyber Command Operation Disrupted Internet Access of Russian Troll Factory on Day of 2018 Midterms: Report (washingtonpost.com)

Posted by msmash on from the extreme-lengths dept.

An anonymous reader shares a report: The U.S. military blocked Internet access to an infamous Russian entity seeking to sow discord among Americans during the 2018 midterms, several U.S. officials said, a warning that the group's operations against the United States are not cost-free. The strike on the Internet Research Agency in St. Petersburg, a company underwritten by an oligarch close to President VladiÂmir Putin, was part of the first offensive cyber campaign against Russia designed to thwart attempts to interfere with a U.S. election, the officials said. "They basically took the IRA offline," according to one individual familiar with the matter who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss classified information. "They shut 'em down." The operation marked the first muscle-flexing by U.S. Cyber Command, with intelligence from the National Security Agency, under new authorities it was granted by President Trump and Congress last year to bolster offensive capabilities.

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  1. Re:Republicans don't give a by rickb928 · · Score: 3, Informative

    The Democrats have never been accused of outsourcing election fraud.

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    deleting the extra space after periods so i can stay relevant, yeah.
  2. Traitor apologist excuses from Republican faggots. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    "and don't take a cell phone anywhere that might be considered shady." - And if you're going to launder money for the Russian mob for 30 years, lol don't let your "fixer" lawyer guy record your voice talking about it for 15 years. Fucking moron.

    A little bit of opsec and these Alfabank betas might have gotten away with it! A LITTLE BIT! "Russia, if you're listening..." - Seriously. Roger Stone now accepting rogering, will sing for lube. The whole treason is falling apart.

    And why? BECAUSE HE PICKED A FIGHT WITH A PORN STAR. Let's just count the hundreds of times Trump has fucked himself, it's almost impossible to contain them all in your mind at one time. In his own WORDS a traitor!

    We should be pitchforking his ass RIGHT NOW, instead you're making false equivocations and excuses for a known traitor. YOU ARE BECOME THE TRAITOR.