Politics

Schiff: CIA Learned of Russian Hackers Targeting Senate Candidates From Conference

ALARMING

The House Intelligence chairman says he realized “something is broken here” after learning CIA officials were among the last to learn of a Kremlin-linked phishing effort.

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ASPEN, Colorado—CIA officials learned about a Russian hacking attempt targeting Senate candidates only when Microsoft publicly revealed the effort at a national security conference, according to House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff.

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