CYBERCOM Hits Russian Troll Farm As Part Of Efforts To Protect Midterm Elections
February 27 2019
The U.S. launched a cyber operation against a Russian cyber center focused on influencing Americans during the 2018 midterm elections, reports the Washington Post.
The operation took the Internet Research Agency offline on the day of voting and several days after, said a U.S. official.
President Trump had approved broad operations to prevent Russian interference in the elections, officials said.
Based in St. Petersburg, the Internet Research Agency has been a key element of the...
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