The Obama administration is considering a major retaliatory cyber attack against Russia, NBC News reports. The move is in response to allegations of the country’s involvement in recent hacks against the Democratic National Committee earlier this summer. NBC reported on Friday that the CIA is preparing for an operation “designed to harass and ‘embarrass’” the country’s leadership, including Russian President Vladimir Putin. According to the network’s sources, the agency has “reams of documents that could expose [Putin’s] unsavory tactics.”
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ORIGINAL SOURCE: The Verge
