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President Obama Starts Investigation into Potential Election Hacking
📅 - Recently, President Barack Obama announced he will have the U.S. Intelligence Agencies looking into the potential hacking attacks on the recent election. The report will be given to Congress, but may not be released to the public. The belief is that the hacking came from Russians.
Even though President-elect Donald Trump has scoffed at the potential of election hacking, some Democrats and Republicans are vowing to look into the role Russian has played in hacking net year. Some findings already show the Russian government was behind leaks on Democrats and some attacks.
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