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The United States will answer Russian cyber attacks aimed at the American electoral system. This was stated by US Vice President Joe Biden in an interview with NBC.

According to Biden, the United States "send a signal" to Russian President Vladimir Putin. "We have the opportunity to do this, and the signal will be given. He will find out about it, and this will happen at the time that we will choose, and under the circumstances that will have the greatest effect," the vice president said.

Sources in American intelligence told the channel that the CIA was proposed to present to the White House options for a wide "secret" cyber attack against the Russian leadership. Without revealing any details, sources noted that preparation for it is underway.

Retired Admiral James Stavridis suggested that the purpose of the attack may be data on the financial frauds of Putin's associates. “It is well known that a lot of offshore money went beyond Russia,” he said. “It would be very awkward if these facts are opened, and this would be a proportional answer to what we have already seen.”

On October 7, the American authorities first directly accused Moscow of holding a large -scale campaign in order to influence the 2016 elections, including by hacker attacks on computers of the National Committee of the Democratic Party and other political figures. This was stated in the statement of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the Ministry of Internal Security.

The press secretary of the Russian president Dmitry Peskov called Washington’s threats to Moscow unprecedented. “We have to take measures to protect interests, somehow hedge your risks. And not only to us, because such unpredictability is dangerous for the whole world,” Peskov said.

Presidential Assistant Yuri Ushakov, commenting on reports of possible US cyber attacks, also promised that this would be followed by a reaction. "This is already on the verge of rudeness. Moreover, specific figures from the Russian leadership are mentioned," he said.

“We believe, based on the volume and orientation of these efforts that only the highest officials of Russia could resolve this activity,” the document says. “Such activities are not new for Moscow - Russia used such tactics and equipment throughout Europe and Eurasia, for example, to influence public opinion.”

The press secretary of the Russian president Dmitry Peskov called the "nonsense" accusations against the Russian leadership of involvement in hacker attacks on the servers of American organizations. "This is again some kind of nonsense! Several tens of thousands of hackers are attacked on Putin’s website daily. Many attacks can be traced from the United States. We do not blame the White House or Langley each time," Peskov said.

On Tuesday, White House spokesman Josh Ernest said that US President Barack Obama will consider a number of measures in response to hacking sites of US government organizations. “The president at the disposal of the president has several options for retaliatory measures, and he will consider those that will consider it proportional,” said Ernest. “It is possible that the president will choose one of those options for the answer that we do not announce in advance.”