Hmmmm…
Via Free Beacon:
Congressional leaders were first notified a year ago that Russian hackers had infiltrated computer systems affiliated with the Democratic Party, Reuters reported Friday.
The handful of lawmakers who received a Top Secret intelligence briefing regarding the cyber attacks were barred from disclosing the breaches to Democratic National Committee officials.
U.S. intelligence officials briefed a group of eight congressional leaders last summer that two Russian intelligence agencies were targeting the DNC’s computer network. American spy agencies continued to monitor the hackings to collection information regarding their tactics.
Lawmakers are now considering sanctions against Russia in response to the breaches, but the action would require the White House to formally accuse Moscow of the cyber attacks, the Wall Street Journal reported. The U.S. typically does not publicly disclose the perpetrators of cyber attacks.
DNC officials said they were not informed of the breach until last fall after an FBI cyber security agent asked about the party’s data security arrangements, according to Reuters. Still, the FBI did not inform them that U.S. intelligence officials suspected Russian government hackers were behind the attacks.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi called the incident an “electronic Watergate” on Thursday and said she knew “for sure” the breaches were the work of the Russians. She was among the lawmakers briefed on the attacks last summer.