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Major takeaways: (1) Putin directed major escalation in cyber campaign to undermine Clinton and boost Trump. (2) Paid social media "trolls," financed by the K
by gingerbread-man 10y ago
Major takeaways:
(1) Putin directed major escalation in cyber campaign to undermine Clinton and boost Trump.
(2) Paid social media "trolls," financed by the Kremlin, sought to maximize propaganda value of leaked DNC emails.
(3) "Putin has had many positive experiences with Western political leaders whose business interests made them disposed to deal with Russia, such as former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi and former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroder."
(4) Moscow intends to apply lessons learned from its US cyber campaign to further election-tampering efforts, likely including upcoming elections in France, Germany, and the Netherlands.