and john podesta, thank you for joining us on this really important night. i just want to read for the audience the portion of the indictment that describes how the russians attacked you and how they got to you. the indictment says that on march 19th, 2016, a russian military officer and his coconspirators created and spent a spearphishing e-mail. they used the account john 356gh at an online service that abbreviated length think website addresses. referred to as a shortening service. they used the account to mask a link contained in the spearphishing e-mail. which directed the recipients to a gru created website. the military officer altered the appearance of the sender e-mail address in order to make it look like the e-mail was a security notification from google, a technique known as spoofing,
presidential election. 11 of the defendants are charged with conspireing to hack into computers, steal documents and release those documents with the intent to interfere in the election. one of those defendants and a 12th russian military officer, are charged with conspireing to infiltrate computers of organizations involved in administering elections, including state boards of election, secretaries of state and companies that supply software used to administer elections. according to the allegations in the indictment, the defendants worked for two units of the main intelligence directorate of the russian staff. they engaged in cyber operations to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. there was one unit that engaged in active cyber operations by stealing information.
good afternoon. today a grand jury in the district of columbia returned an indictment presented by the special counsel s office. the indictment charges 12 russian military officers by name for conspireing to interfere were the 2016 presidential election. 11 of the defendants are charges with conspireing to hack into computers, steal documents, and release those documents with the intent to interfere in the election. one of those defendants and a 12th russian military officer are charged with conspireing to infiltrate computers of organizations involved in administering elections, including state boards of election, secretaries of state, and companies that supply software used to administer elections. according to the allegations in the indictment, the defendants work for two units of the main intelligence directorate of the
florida. rod rosenstein is beginning to speak. we re bringing this to you live. an indictment presented by the special counsel s office. the indictment charges 12 russian military officers by name for conspiring to interfere with the 2016 presidential election. 11 of the defendants are charged with conspiring to hack into computers, steal documents, and release those documents with the intent to interfere in the election. one of those defendants, and a 12th russian military officer, are charged with conspiring to infiltrate computers of organizations involved in administering the elections, including state boards of election, secretaries of state, and companies that supply software used to administer elections. according to the allegations in the indictment, the defendants worked for two units of the main intelligence directorate of the russian general staff known as
it charges 12 russian military officers by name for conspireing to interfere with the 2016 presidential election. 11 of the defendants are charged with conspireing to hack into computers, steal documents and release those documents with the intent to interfere in the election. one of those defendants and a 12th russian military officer, are charged with conspireing to infiltrate computers of organizations involved in administering elections, including state boards of election, secretaries of state and companies that supply software used to administer elections. according to the allegations in the indictment, the defendants worked for two units of the main intelligence directorate of the russian staff. they engaged in cyber operations to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. there was one unit that engaged in active cyber operations by