Intel analysis shows Putin approved election hacking
Intel analysis shows Putin approved election hacking
By Barbara Starr, Pamela Brown, Evan Perez, Jim Sciutto and Elise Labott, CNN
Updated 5:37 PM ET, Thu December 15, 2016
(CNN)A US official familiar with the US intelligence assessment of the Russia election-related hacking said the understanding is that the operation was carried out with sophisticated hacking tools, the equivalent of those used by the US National Security Agency.
The use of the advanced tools suggests Russian President Vladimir Putin was involved in the hacks, a person familiar with the matter said, adding that it was more than a US intelligence assumption at this point.
But neither of the sources said they knew of specific intelligence that directly ties Putin to the attack.
"We don't have Putin's fingerprints on anything or a piece of paper that shows he signed the order, but the nature of the operation was such that this had to be approved by top levels of the Russian government," a senior administration official with access to the intelligence on the hacking told CNN.
READ MORE: http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/15/politics/rus...
By Barbara Starr, Pamela Brown, Evan Perez, Jim Sciutto and Elise Labott, CNN
Updated 5:37 PM ET, Thu December 15, 2016
(CNN)A US official familiar with the US intelligence assessment of the Russia election-related hacking said the understanding is that the operation was carried out with sophisticated hacking tools, the equivalent of those used by the US National Security Agency.
The use of the advanced tools suggests Russian President Vladimir Putin was involved in the hacks, a person familiar with the matter said, adding that it was more than a US intelligence assumption at this point.
But neither of the sources said they knew of specific intelligence that directly ties Putin to the attack.
"We don't have Putin's fingerprints on anything or a piece of paper that shows he signed the order, but the nature of the operation was such that this had to be approved by top levels of the Russian government," a senior administration official with access to the intelligence on the hacking told CNN.
READ MORE: http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/15/politics/rus...
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