Posted on 07/13/2018 1:46:11 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
A bipartisan pair of senators are calling on the Justice Department to investigate whether Russian intelligence services posed as an Islamic extremist hacker group that sought to harass U.S. military families.
Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) wrote a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Monday asking him to investigate whether a hacking group called the “Cyber Caliphate” launched an intimidation campaign against members of military families in 2015.
“If substantiated, the claims about APT28 posing as the Cyber Caliphate could be the first public evidence that influence operations have specifically targeted American military families,” Wyden and Gardner wrote in their letter to Sessions.
“This story would be cause for concern if it ended there but many cyber security researchers now say the Cyber Caliphate is merely a front for APT28, the infamous group of hackers who serve the interests of Russian President Vladimir Putin,” they continued.
The lawmakers noted that such efforts could result in serious consequences for U.S. military families.
“If left unchecked, such operations would threaten the personal liberty, financial security, mental health, and morale of our military families,” they wrote, adding that “at least one military spouse fled her home in fear.”
The Associated Press first reported in May that Russian intelligence was allegedly behind the harassment.
Military spouses were reportedly harassed in Wyden's and Gardner's respective states.
The announcement comes several hours after Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announced that special counsel Robert Mueller indicted a dozen Russian intelligence officers for hacking and releasing information from the Democratic National Committee during the 2016 presidential election.
For Crapsakes, ENOUGH ALREADY!!! Did Russia do this, did Russia do that, is Russia responsible for everything that didn’t go my way booo hooo.
Can CO please rid US of that clown Gardner?
Let’s all demonize Russia before the Summit.
Wonder if this has anything to do with Gomert’s statement in the Strozk hearing yesterday about Hillarys emails going to a foreign entity that isn’t Russia..
As per Wikileaks drops.....I think our own gov did. They can pose as whomever they like.
Believe me ... we are trying. I have contemplated voting for the Dim just to get rid of this a**hat.
Sessions doing something? Don’t hold your breath.
They didn’t expect a kind of Cyber Caliphate.
No one expects the Cyber Caliphate.
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