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U.S. blames Russia for hacking political groups

2016-10-08 09:10:29       source:Xinhua News Agency

October 8, 2016


"The United States on Friday blamed Russia for hacking U.S. political sites, an accusation immediately dismissed as 'nonsense' by Moscow.


Shortly after the White House claimed in a statement that the U.S. intelligence community was 'confident' that Russia was behind recent hacking of emails from U.S. persons and institutions, including from U.S. political organizations, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov quickly dismissed the U.S. accusation.


'Every day there are tens of thousands of attacks on (Russian President Vladimir) Putin's website. Many of the attacks can be traced to the U.S.. We're not blaming the White House or Langley every time,' Peskov told Russia's Interfax news agency."


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