Cybersecurity
Obama Orders Investigation Into Election-Related Hacking
- Trump says ‘it could be some guy in his home in New Jersey’
- Democratic lawmakers and some Republicans plan inquiries
How Hacking Has Changed the U.S. Election
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President Barack Obama has directed U.S. intelligence agencies to conduct an investigation into hacking attacks related to the U.S. election and issue a report before he leaves office next month, White House counterterrorism adviser Lisa Monaco said.
The report, which will be provided to Congress but not necessarily made public, will examine what impact hacking by Russia may have had on the election last month, Monaco said Friday at a breakfast in Washington hosted by the Christian Science Monitor.