The US Senate has been heard about the intervention of Russian hackers

In the Senate Committee for the US Armed Forces , hearings were held on the intervention of Russian hackers in the course of presidential elections in the United States.

The Russian Radio Liberty Service leads a Live blog for the broadcast of the hearings on its page.

In the opening word, Senator John McCain said that the United States should give an effective response to the activities of Russian President Vladimir Putin against the United States, as well as countries, neighboring Russia, aggression against Ukraine and the capture of Crimea.

“It is not surprising that [Russian President] Vladimir Putin thinks that he can start more and more serious cyber attacks against our country if he has paid a very small price for the invasion of Ukraine, for the annexation of Crimea, for the undermining of democratic values and institutions throughout Europe, and - of course - for helping by Syria President Bashar Assad in Syria. The same thing is true for China, the same thing, the same thing for China, the same thing. Iran, North Korea, as well as any other enemy who recently felt courageous to challenge the world order, ”said Senator John McCain.

He stated that the opponents of the United States came to the conclusion that the reward for conducting cyber attacks to the country outweigh risks.

The senator said that the United States should form a policy in the field of cybersecurity, because now "we have no policy, no strategy to confront cyber attacks."

In his speech, Democrat Senator Jack Reed said that the Russian government not only participated in the e-mail of the Democratic Party, but also distributed false news, and his task was to mislead the American people and undermine the American democratic process.

Senior US intelligence officials say that Russia is a serious cyberosis for "military, diplomatic, commercial and critical infrastructure objects."

National Intelligence Director James Clappers and other high -ranking intelligence officials said that the Kremlin assumed a “more aggressive line in cyberspace”, aims its activities on government organizations, brain centers, political organizations and corporations.

Clapper said that at the beginning of next week the intelligence community will prepare an open report on the intervention of Russian hackers in the election process - in addition to the report that the president will receive. “That is, it will not be present in it, representing a state secret, but in general it will give an idea of what intelligence is known and about the nature of the threat and problem,” he said.

The Senate Committee for Armed Forces, headed by Republican John McCain, is the director of national intelligence, James Clapper, head of the National Security agency Mike Rogers and Deputy Minister of Defense of Intelligence Marseilles.