Chris Perez at the New York
Post reports that a government contractor has been arrested and charges with
leaking highly classified NSA information about Russian hacking.
A 25-year-old Federal
contractor was charged Monday with leaking a top secret NSA report — detailing
how Russian military hackers targeted US voting systems just days before the
election.
The highly classified
intelligence document, published Monday by The Intercept, describes how Russia
managed to infiltrate America’s voting infrastructure using a spear-phishing
email scheme that targeted local government officials and employees.
It claims the calculated
cyberattack may have even been more far-reaching and devious than previously
thought.
The report is believed to be
the most detailed US government account of Russia’s interference to date.
It was allegedly provided to
the Intercept by 25-year-old Reality Leigh Winner, of Augusta, who appeared in
court Monday after being arrested at her home over the weekend.
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