The American intelligence Agency CIA has kicked up a storm by revealing that that Russia had hacked the computer systems Democratic National committee. In addition, it revealed that the Republican National committee computer system was also hacked, however, none of the secret information was leaked because the Russians wanted Donald Trump to become the President of the United States.
A lot of the hacked material made its way to the WikiLeaks which helped in creating an anti-Hillary Clinton momentum thus helping Trump. The CIA has reportedly found out specific Russian officers and agencies that were involved in the hack. According to US media, that it was outgoing President Barack Obama who ordered a probe into hacking controversy. He wanted the matter probed under his watch. He is leaving the White House on January 20. President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team has responded to these claims. It read: “These are the same people that said Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction.” The statement further added: “The election ended a long time ago in one of the biggest Electoral College victories in history. It’s now time to move on and ‘Make America Great Again.’”
There are three sentences in this Trump statement about the CIA finding. Two are provably, factually incorrect. pic.twitter.com/tSYVKUTT5U
— John Rogers (@jonrog1) December 10, 2016
Trump has always negated allegations of Russia helping him by turning the tide against Clinton with selective leaks. He said that the hacker could be from China or someone sitting in “New Jersey”.
The revelations highlight the increasing threat of cyber attacks and the impact it can have on elections of the most powerful country in the world.
