US not coordinating against Russian cyber threat: top general


  • TECH
  • Friday, 09 Mar 2018

General Curtis Scaparrotti, Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (SACEUR) talks during a joint news conference after the 177th Military Committee in Chiefs of Defence Session with General Petr Pavel, Chairman of the NATO Military Committee (CMC) and General Denis Mercier, Supreme Allied Commander, Transformation (SACT) in Brussels, Belgium May 17, 2017. REUTERS/Eric Vidal/Files

WASHINGTON: The top US general in Europe said on March 8 that the US government did not have an effective unified approach to deal with Russia's cyber threat.

US officials have warned repeatedly that Russia is trying to interfere in the 2018 mid-term US elections by hacking or using social media to spread propaganda and misleading reports, much as it did during the 2016 presidential race.

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