Barack Obama blames Russia behind cyberattack during US polls

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Barack Obama slams Russia for cyberattacks during US Elections
Barack Obama slams Russia for cyberattacks during US Elections

New York : US President Barack Obama has alleged that Russia possibly under President Vladimir Putin's directions carried out cyber hacks during US polls this year.

"What I can tell you is that the intelligence that I've seen gives me great confidence in their assessment that the Russians carried out this hack. Not much happens in Russia without Vladimir Putin," Obama told reporters during a White House news conference, indicating Putin's involvement.

"They hacked into some Democratic Party e-mails that contained pretty routine stuff, some of it embarrassing or uncomfortable because I suspect that if any of us got our emails hacked into there might be some things that we would not want suddenly appearing on the front page of a newspaper or a telecast, even if there was not anything particularly illegal or controversial about it," he said.

Mr. Obama also shared his worries over Russia’s attempt to influence US elections, saying that America no more produces anything and lacks innovation.

"We've got to think what is happening to our political culture here. The Russians can't change us or significantly weaken us. They are a smaller country, they are a weaker country, their economy doesn't produce anything that anybody wants to buy except oil and gas and arms. They don't innovate," Obama said.