"U.S. officials tell NBC News that Russia launched a "sophisticated cyberattack" against the Pentagon's Joint Staff unclassified email system, which has been shut down and taken off line for nearly two weeks. According to the officials, the "sophisticated cyber intrusion" occurred sometime around July 25 and affected some 4,000 military and civilian personnel work for the Joint Chiefs of Staff."
"Sources tell NBC News that it appears the cyberattack relied on some kind of automated system that rapidly gathered massive amounts of data and within a minute distributed all the information to thousands of accounts on the Internet. The officials also report the suspected Russian hackers coordinated the sophisticated cyberassault via encrypted accounts on social media. "
"While the officials say its not clear whether the attack was sanctioned by the Russian government or conducted by individuals given the scope of the attack, "It was clearly the work of a state actor."
Perhaps Obama needs to pre emotively declare that attacks like these will be considered an act of war, and prepare to retaliate accordingly. Something certainly needs to be done to deter this foolishness, as no one seems to be able to provide security.
Keep in mind that Hillary used an email system that almost certainly allowed any half sophisticated state actor to both read her emails while she was at State, but perhaps also use their access through her email to hack into other, more secure data bases. If this can be shown to be true in court, then a very long prison sentence for her is a must, as an example to everyone else at the very least.
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