the Concerns that the Russian nättroll would try to influence the mellanårsvalet 6 november 2018 was big in the united states since a comprehensive Russian påverkanskampanj carried out in connection with the presidential election in 2016.
the Washington Post reveal that the american cyberkommandot themselves went to the attack against the Russian trolls on the same day as mellanårsvalet was carried out. The attack continued for a few days after the election, the results would be questionable.
The american attack did to the Internet Research Agency (IRA) nättroll could not take out on the web, ” says a source to the newspaper.
– The connected, simply remove the IRA from the network, the source said to the newspaper.
has its office in St. Petersburg and owned by a person with close links to Russian president Vladimir Putin.
The american kill is described as the first offensive initiative against Russia.
“We showed what is possible to do,” said another source to the Washington Post.
Mike Rounds says in a comment on the mellanårsvalet to the election very well could have become a target for Russia.
– The fact that in 2018 the elections could be carried out without the russians managed to influence it was not a coincidence.
