title: worst of saudi economic slump yet to come
text: us military prepares to shut down russias internet if it hacks the election  
  daily caller 
  american hackers recently broke into russias communications networks electrical grid and government systems in preparation for a retaliatory cyber strike should russian hackers meddle in the us election according to nbc news 
  officials do not expect any major attacks on us infrastructure which would be tantamount to an act of war but they are concerned that russian hackers may meddle in the election by spreading false information the hacker guccifer   which officials and some cyber security experts believe is a front for russian intelligence  claimed they would be monitoring elections from inside the system 
  the us preparations are no different than russia and chinas probing of us networks the penetration caused no damage to russia instead it was the equivalent of a military scouting mission cyber weapons could be deployed if the us suffered a significant attack but officials tell nbc news that is an unlikely scenario just to be sure though obama administration officials issued a backchannel warning to russia to stay out of the election 
  youd gain access to a network youd establish your presence on the network and then youre poised to do what you would like to do with the network gary brown a former legal adviser to us cyber command cybercom told nbc news 
  us cyber capabilities are top of the line but the obama administration has been wary of deploying them despite consistent russian provocation cybercom and the national security agency the agencies responsible for us cyber security are incredibly secretive regarding us capabilities stuxnet is the most wellknown publicized us cyber weapon the highly advanced computer worm wreaked havoc on irans nuclear enrichment program in  
  cybercom is currently involved in cyber attacks against the islamic state but pentagon officials have been especially silent on the exact details of the  cyber bombs  being dropped on the terrorist group russia may find itself the next target should it decide to go from misinformation campaigns to attacks on infrastructure