Obama Asks CIA to Prepare for Cyber War with Russia

Obama orders expulsions, sanctions for interference in 2022 election

TL;DR - Obama: Hello CIA, permit'south get to cyber war with Russian federation. CIA: Just, they tin can do "worse things" to us...

An sectional report has revealed that the Obama administration is threatening a cyber war with Russia over allegedly trying to influence the US presidential ballot. The government has asked the CIA to typhoon plans for a wide-ranging clandestine cyber functioning designed to "'embarrass' the Kremlin leadership."

The government is "contemplating an unprecedented cyber covert action against Russian federation in retaliation for declared Russian interference in the American presidential ballot". The US intelligence officials told NBC News in an exclusive report. We aren't certain how exactly "covert" or "hole-and-corner" this operation is going to be. The intelligence officials are literally trying to broadcast information technology simply weeks before ballot.

The Usa assistants officially accused Russian federation last Friday for political hacks to influence Nov's ballot.

CIA prepares for a cyber war with Russian federation to embarrass the Kremlin leadership

According to this written report, the Primal Intelligence Agency is considering a number of wide-ranging cyber attacks on Russian federation as payback for the country interfering with the 2022 US ballot. The agency has already started to select targets and open up cyber doors in preparation for the assail. Intelligence officers said "the agency had gathered reams of documents that could expose unsavory tactics by Russian President Vladimir Putin."

Intelligence officers "with straight noesis of the situation" also told the publication "there is a long history of the White Firm plotting potential cyber attacks against Russia". But, they didn't carry out these attacks as "none of the options were especially good."

Ii old CIA officers who worked on Russia told NBC News that there is a long history of the White House asking the CIA to come up up with options for covert action against Russia, including cyber options — simply to abandon the idea.

How will they come upward with "particularly good" options now, is yet to be seen.

If someone has decided, 'We've had enough of the Russians,' in that location is a lot we can do. Step i is to remind them that two can play at this game and we have a lot of stuff. Step two, if you are looking to mess with their networks, we can do that, but then the upshot becomes, they tin do worse things to us in other places.

"Goal is to send a message to Russia that it has crossed a line"

It is non a particularly potent message when intelligence officials acknowledge to fear of Russia doing "worse things" to the United states of america. Even so, with this public interview, information technology seems the US government and intelligence is at the Step 1; reminding Russian federation that the intelligence agencies who hacked into the networks of several other governments and illegally spied over their ain citizens can very well hack into the Russian networks too. The "goal is to send a message to Russia that it has crossed a line," officials said.

Vice President Joe Biden said earlier this Friday that the government is "sending a bulletin" to Putin. "It will be at the fourth dimension of our choosing, and under the circumstances that will have the greatest touch on."

Well, the US authorities is certainly doing a lot of work for some upcoming Hollywood series. Grab your popcorn, because this "war" appears to be more of a drama. Much like the presidential election itself.