The Pentagon Has Prepared a Cyberattack Against Russia

[jpak]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-pentagon-has-prepared-a-cyber-attack-against-russia

The U.S. intelligence community and the Pentagon have quietly agreed on the outlines of an offensive cyberattack that the United States would unleash if Russia electronically interferes with the 2018 midterm election on Nov. 6, according to current and former senior U.S. officials who are familiar with the plan.

In preparation for its potential use, U.S. military hackers have been given the go-ahead to gain access to Russian cybersystems that they feel is needed to let the plan unfold quickly, the officials said.

The effort constitutes one of the first major cyberbattle plans organized under a new government policy enabling potential offensive operations to proceed more quickly once the parameters have been worked out in advance and agreed among key agencies.

While U.S. national-security officials have so far reported only intermittent efforts by Russian sources to compromise political organizations and campaigns, they have been worried—in the aftermath of Russia’s digital contact with U.S. election systems in 2016—that Moscow might unleash more aggressive interference in the hours before voting begins, while the polls are open, or when the votes are being tabulated.

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[lanlady]

1. The Pentagon has lots of plans that sit on shelves gathering dust

If the Russians interfere with our voting systems to help Republicans, Trump will award Putin the Presidential Medal of Freedom when he visits DC next year.

If the Democrats have a good night on Tuesday, Trump will bitch about a rigged system and blame the media.