USA IMPOSES TOUGHER SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA OVER CYBERATTACKS, ELECTION MEDDLING AND ASSASSINATIONS
April 1st, 2021
CONCERN about continued Russian meddling in American elections, the ‘SolarWinds’ backdoor hack into major US institutions, and targeted assassinations of dissidents abroad, have sparked the imposition of major new sanctions powers by President Joe Biden,
Declaring a national emergency to fight the cyber-crime threat posed by Russia, Biden released an executive order giving his administration wide-ranging powers to freeze and block asserts of Russian individuals and companies deemed associated with these Russian intrusions. (1)
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