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Senators to DHS, FBI: Urge states to disclose being targeted by Russian hacking

By Rick Weber / June 21, 2017

Senate Intelligence Chairman Richard Burr (R-NC) is asking officials from the Department of Homeland Security and FBI to consider sending a “classified” letter urging states that were targeted by Russian hacking during the 2016 election to inform the public of those attacks.

Burr asked witnesses at today's hearing on Russian interference in elections to ask their superiors if they would be interested in sending a letter, along with the senators, to ask state officials “if they would consider publicly disclosing”...


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