The FBI launched an investigation into hacking mail chapter Clinton campaign

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation, the beginning of the investigation into the break-mail the head of the electoral campaign of Hillary Clinton, John Podesta, who accused the hackers from Russia. As reported to Reuters, Podesta reiterated the Russian version of the track, and added that the Russian Federation might be in cahoots with the reviewer Clinton, Republican Donald Trump. On the night of Wednesday, the White House announced that US President Barack Obama is weighing "proportional" response options to the actions of Russian hackers.

Emails from the box Podesta was published on the WikiLeaks website - just more than two thousand letters of 50 thousand, which were at the disposal site. Some of the published letters devoted to Turkey and its interests in the Syrian conflict, and the role in the fight against the terrorist group "Islamic State" (Daishev, banned in Russia).

The fact that the investigation took over the FBI, Podesta said in an interview with reporters aboard the plane Clinton campaign. He noted that it is part of a broader investigation by the FBI in relation to cyber attacks from Russia, which, in particular, allow hackers to take over information from the Democratic party servers.

In early September, Clinton said that the potential Russian intervention in the elections in the United States poses a serious threat. The candidate of the Democratic Party in the US presidential urged to quickly and reliably address this challenge. Speaking about the threat, Clinton explained that he meant the recent "credible reports of Russian meddling in our elections," and referred to hacking email correspondence Democratic National Committee in July.

In early October, the National Security Minister Jay Johnson warned that before the presidential elections, states voting system will undergo a large-scale hacker attacks.

A week later, on October 7, Washington officially accused Russia of breaking the US Democratic party servers. "The US intelligence community believes that the Russian government ordered the recent hacking of electronic communications of individuals and institutions, including political organizations in the US. The recent publication of the alleged stolen emails to sites such as DCLeaks.com, WikiLeaks, and the online persona Guccifer 2.0 agrees methods and motivation actions directed Russia ", - stressed in the statement of the US and the Director of national intelligence office of Homeland security.

A spokesman for the Russian president, Dmitry Peskov called similar charges, previously unheard of in the US media about Russia, "totally unfounded." In early September, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that the Russian government is not involved in the hacking attacks on the US Democratic Party, as a result of which have been published thousands of electronic documents. In an interview with Bloomberg, the Russian leader said: "I want you to say once again, I'm quite sure this is not known, and at the state level Russian never done it."