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Democratic lawmakers push Paul Ryan for info on election hacks

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Top Democratic lawmakers from six House committees are calling on House Speaker Rep. Paul Ryan to compel the Trump administration to produce all information regarding Russian cyberattacks against the U.S. prior to and during the 2016 presidential election. The highest ranking Democrats on the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Judiciary, Intelligence, House Administration, Homeland Security, and Foreign Affairs wrote a letter to Ryan, R-Wisc., asking for documents about the Russian attacks that various lawmakers have been after for months. “We have been trying to work through the committee process, but we have faced two obstacles: the Trump administration is refusing to provide the documents we requested, and Republicans appear to have no interest in compelling the Trump administration to produce them,” the ranking members wrote in the letter.  “Our goal is to obtain the documents collected and prepared by our federal agencies about these Russian attacks in order to […]

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Russian Embassy spokesperson confronts FBI, DHS officials in public event

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A Russian Embassy spokesperson challenged two senior U.S. officials Wednesday during a public event in D.C. about why the Trump administration refuses to collaborate with Russia to fight cybercrime.  The exchange happened at an event hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) focused on a new report published Wednesday by the think tank and cybersecurity company McAfee. The report speaks to the economic impact of cybercrime.  Along with other countries, Russia was specifically named multiple times in both the report and panel discussion as a “state sanctuary” of cybercrime due to the “close relationship between the Russian state and Russian organized crime.” That accusation didn’t sit right with one Russian government employee in the crowd. “Once again without any proof, Russia was called a bad actor in cyberspace,” said Petr Svirin, the Russian Embassy’s first secretary during a question and answer session. “If you are so concerned, why the government […]

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