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NSA official: U.S. has yet to hit Russia back ‘where it hurts’ for cyber aggression

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The Trump administration has yet to hit Russia “where it hurts” after Russian intelligence agencies orchestrated a complex operation in 2016 that saw U.S. political organizations hacked and targeted propaganda spread among voters, according to a senior U.S. intelligence official. Natalie Laing, the deputy director of operations at the NSA, told attendees of an exclusive security conference Monday that the U.S. doesn’t “yet have the political fortitude to say how we’ll strike back.” The comment follows recent public testimony by current NSA Director Adm. Michael Rogers and his presumed successor, Gen. Paul Nakasone, regarding the lack of a coherent, aggressive response to Russia’s bad behavior in cyberspace. The executive branch would be responsible for developing such a strategy, which would then be carried out by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and Pentagon leadership. A historic intelligence community report published in January 2017 showed that the Russian government […]

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