The Trump administration Thursday issued sanctions on Russia for a series of cyberattacks and for its meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
The Treasury is targeting five Kremlin intelligence agencies, including the Federal Security Service and Internet Research Agency, and 19 individuals indicted by FBI special counsel Robert Mueller for interfering in the election.
The Treasury also cited the most costly cyberattack in U.S. history, known as NotPetya, which disabled computer networks at multinational firms worldwide last year. In addition, the Treasury referenced the Russian nerve agent attack against a former double agent and his daughter, which occurred in the United …read more
Source: The Daily Signal
