The U.S. blocked internet access to an infamous Russian entity seeking to sow discord during the 2018 midterm elections, U.S. officials said
The U.S. military blocked internet access to an infamous Russian entity seeking to sow discord among Americans during the 2018 midterms, several U.S. officials said, a warning that the group's operations against the United States are not cost-free.The strike on the Internet Research Agency in St. Petersburg, a company underwritten by an oligarch close to President Vladimir Putin, was part of the first offensive cyber campaign against Russia designed to thwart attempts to interfere with a U.
In a response to questions from the Washington Post, Prigozhin said in a statement on the Russian version of Facebook, "I cannot comment on the work of the Internet Research Agency in any way because I have no relation to it." Concord Management declined to comment, citing the ongoing litigation in the United States.
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