December 17, 2016

The Perfect Weapon: How Russian Cyberpower Invaded the U.S.








NY TIMES


  • A Times investigation reveals missed signals, slow responses and a continuing underestimation of the seriousness of a campaign of cyberespionage to disrupt the presidential race.
  • A low-cost, high-impact weapon that Russia had test-fired in elections elsewhere was trained on the U.S., with devastating effectiveness.





The chain of ineptitude and institutional failure that facilitated Russia’s election interference