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

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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Re:Republicans don't give a

[Penguinisto]

Republicans don't seem to care at all about this, since the russians helped their team win.

You'd think there would be evidence of this somewhere... after all, There's been an independent counsel running for around two years now, and so far they've found approximately bupkis (well, they found a pack of Russkies who bought $100k of Facebook ads, and a couple of idiots who got roped into pleading to unrelated process crimes... but strangely enough, no actual evidence of Russkie-Trump collusatory involvement, let alone electoral hacking of any kind...)

Guess we'll find out for certain in a week or three once that report comes out, but in all honesty, if there were evidence that didn't sit firmly in fever-ridden and overstretched speculation, it would have come out long, long before now. I'm willing to be wrong, though. Question is, are the Donks?

I am curious though - what will a lot of the media do with the news, given that they've often breathlessly preached that impeachment/removal of the president '...is just around the corner - any day now!' from a man (Mueller) whom they painted as some sort of avenging angel to smite OrangeMan to the Outer Pits of Hell (or Nebraska, whichever is closer), etc...

But then, I believe I can already see the narrative shaping up for that as well, given the (newly Democrat) House Judiciary Committee's ramping up of a possible subpoena (and investigation/prosecution?) of the independent counsel, who in turn seems about to fail at delivering what the Democrats were hoping for so badly... It's almost like they have no clue what an independent counsel actually is or does...

Either way, my shipment of popcorn (and a spare microwave to make big batches of it) should arrive before the end of the week, so if Mueller can hold out for at least that long....

So, bring the knee-jerk down-mods, but you know I'm right, campers.