Russia says US allegations that it engaged in hacking during the American presidential election are "unfounded" and amount to nothing more than a "full-scale witch hunt." The accusations, which were published in last week's US intelligence report, claimed that Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an "influence campaign" aimed at hurting Hillary Clinton and helping Donald Trump in the 2016 election. But Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said the charges against Russia "were not backed by anything" and were "made on a very amateur, emotional level." "We assess Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign in 2016 aimed at the US presidential election. The intelligence community also assessed "with high confidence" that the GRU provided WikiLeaks with the material they obtained from hacking the Democratic National Committee and top Democratic officials.

Source: Egypt Independent January 09, 2017 15:10 UTC