Cybersecurity

US threats of cyber-attacks against Russia ‘double bluff & saber-rattling’

Threats of a possible cyber-attack against Russia show the US establishment is worried that Trump might win and is setting up the myth that, if that happens, it could only be due to outside interference, says former MI5 intelligence officer Annie Machon.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov assured that everything is under control after claims emerged indicating that US government hackers had managed to penetrate key infrastructure controls in Russia.

Moscow now demands that Washington provide comment on the matter.

“If no official reaction from the American administration follows, it would mean state cyberterrorism exists in the US. If the threats of the attack, which were published by the US media, are carried out, Moscow would be justified in charging Washington,” Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said, according to the ministry’s website.

NBC News reported earlier that US government hackers had penetrated “Russia’s electric grid, telecommunications networks, and the Kremlin’s command systems” to be ready to “hit back” in case Moscow “tries to disrupt” the US presidential vote on November 8.