CIA reportedly ready for cyber counterstrike against Russia

America’s CIA has reportedly geared itself up to mount a retaliatory cyber counterstrike against Russia amid reports that the Kremlin had orchestrated a series of hacks against the Democratic National Committee in recent months.
Any such move would represent a major escalation in the White House’s cyber warfare strategy which has thus far focused on bolstering the nation’s defences against attack rather than offensive capabilities of its own.
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