After warning that it would do so for weeks, the Obama administration announced new actions punishing Russia for the accused computer hacking of U.S. government offices and politicians. This includes having 35 Russian intelligence operatives ejected from the country and placing sanctions on their intelligence agencies suspected in the cyberattack.
From the New York Times:
In a sweeping set of announcements, the United States was also expected to release evidence linking the cyberattacks to computer systems used by Russian intelligence. Taken together, the actions would amount to the strongest American response ever taken to a state-sponsored cyberattack aimed at the United States.
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