Tag: US Elections

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Facebook blocks more accounts ‘meddling’ in US mid-terms

Washington: Facebook has blocked 30 accounts on its platform and 85 accounts on Instagram that may be engaged in “coordinated inauthentic behaviour” from foreign entities into the US mid-term elections. According to the social networking giant, US law enforcement contacted them about online activity that they recently discovered and which[Read More…]

Trump campaign had repeated contacts with Russian intelligence, says New York Times

Phone records and  intercepted calls of US President Donald Trump’s campaign team and other associates had repeated contact with the Russian intelligence officials before the presidential election, New York Times reported, citing US officials. According to the report, U.S. law enforcement and intelligence agencies intercepted the communications around the same[Read More…]

WikiLeaks releases new batch of DNC emails

Hacktivist group WikiLeaks has released a new batch of 8,263 emails from the Democratic National Committee (DNC) just days before the US election. Published on November 6, the emails revealed that CNN allegedly asked DNC for interview questions to pose to Republican rivals Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, reports IBT.[Read More…]

US officials fear Russian cyber attack on election day

US security officials and intelligence agency fear that Russian hackers might launch a huge wave of cyber attacks on the election day. US intelligence warned Russia that any attempt to affect the voting or vote counting next Tuesday would be considered as a serious breach, multiple media reports have said.[Read More…]





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