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Obama sanctions Russia to retaliate against cyberattacks, Washington Examiner,  Joel Gehrke, December 29, 2016

(Credible evidence of hacking and harm done? — DM)

President Obama issued a new round of sanctions targeting Russia in retaliation for the cyberattacks against the Democratic National Committee and Democratic campaigns, despite Russian warnings not to do so.

The sanctions target nine Russian intelligence officials and tech companies “determined to be responsible for or complicit in malicious cyber-enabled activities that result in enumerated harms that are reasonably likely to result in, or have materially contributed to, a significant threat to the national security, foreign policy, or economic health or financial stability of the United States,” according tot he Treasury Department.

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