The US National Security Agency claims that the GRU of Russia committed cyber attacks on US election commissions. A secret report from the US National Security Agency (NSA) alleges that Russian military intelligence carried out cyber attacks on software vendors for elections a few days before the vote in the United States, Intercept said, citing an anonymous copy of the document. At the same time, it is stressed that the results of these "attacks", as well as any influence on the electoral process are not established. The NSA report, which the portal has, is dated May 5. It affirms that the main intelligence agency of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces (GRU) carried out the cyber attack,. "GRU officers ... carried out cyber espionage operations against the named US company in August 2016, obviously to get information about election-related software ... Hackers probably used the data obtained during this operation to ... launch a phishing campaign, Related to the registration of voters, aimed at local government organizations in the United States, "the portal quotes the report. The publication argues that hackers aimed at elections in the US and other countries, focusing on parts of the electoral system directly related to the voter registration process, including a private device manufacturer specializing in verifying voter lists. The report does not disclose the impact of interference on election results and notes that the achievements of hackers are not exactly clear. However, it is allowed that their actions could violate any elements of the voting system. Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia does not engage in hacker attacks, since it does not make any sense, and later noted that interference in US elections may be hackers from the United States, who skillfully shift the blame to the Russian Federation. As reported by the correspondent. Net, on January 6, US intelligence published a report accusing Russia of involvement in hacker attacks to interfere in presidential elections.

Original article: Mass media: US special services accused Russia of cyberattacks.