U.S. formally accuses Russian hackers of political cyber attacksWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government for the first time on Friday formally accused Russia of a campaign of cyber attacks against Democratic Party organizations ahead of the Nov. 8 presidential election. “We believe, based on the scope and sensitivity of these efforts, that only Russia’s senior-most officials could have authorized these activities,” a U.S. government statement said on Friday about hacking of political groups. “These thefts and disclosures are intended to interfere with the U.S. election process.” U.S. intelligence officials concluded weeks ago that the Russian government was conducting or orchestrating cyber attacks against the Democratic National Committee and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, possibly to disrupt or discredit the election, in which Democrat Hillary Clinton faces Republican Donald Trump. A Kremlin spokesman called the U.S. allegations “nonsense”, the Interfax news agency reported.  On Saturday, the Russian Foreign Ministry said the U.S. accusations lacked any proof and were an attempt by Washington to fan “unprecedented anti-Russian hysteria”. “This whipping up of emotions regarding ‘Russian hackers’ is used in the U.S. election campaign, and the current U.S. administration, taking part in this fight, is not averse to using dirty tricks,” Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Saturday in comments posted on the ministry’s website. The Obama administration’s decision to blame Russia for the attacks is the latest downward turn in U.S. relations with Moscow, which are under strain over Russia’s actions in Syria and Ukraine and in cyberspace. Also on Friday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Russian and Syrian actions in the Syrian civil war, including bombings of hospitals, “beg for” a war crimes investigation. In addition, a U.S. intelligence official said on Friday that Russia was moving short-range nuclear-capable missiles into Kaliningrad, a tiny Russian enclave between Poland and Lithuania, confirming Estonian news reports. Clinton’s campaign chairman, John Podesta, said the public blaming for the hacks left one remaining question of “why Donald Trump continues to make apologies for the Russians”. Trump had previously expressed doubt about Russia’s involvement. In July, he suggested Russia should attempt to retrieve and publish emails from Clinton’s private server.  Trump’s campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Hours after the U.S. government’s accusation was levied, WikiLeaks posted hundreds of emails on its website purportedly hacked from Podesta’s private account. Until Friday, the Obama administration had avoided publicly singling out Russia in connection with the mounting civilian deaths in Syria or the cyber attacks. The statement by the Department of Homeland Security and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence did not blame the Russian government for hacking attempts against state election systems, but said “scanning and probing” of those systems originated in most cases from servers operated by a Russian company. However, a Department of Homeland Security spokesman said U.S. officials had concluded that the hacking attacks or probes of state voter registration systems were “consistent with Russian motivations”. Concern has grown about the reliability of the U.S. voting system as a result of the breach, and Trump has called the system “rigged,” but without providing specific evidence. U.S. intelligence officials have said there is no evidence that voting recording systems have been manipulated.  Identifying Russia as the actor behind the cyber attacks on political organizations falls short of more punitive measures the United States has taken against other countries for cyber intrusions.     Lawmakers of both political parties welcomed the formal accusation. Republican Senator Cory Gardner, chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific and International Cybersecurity, said he planned to introduce sanctions legislation. Earlier this year, a U.S. grand jury indicted seven Iranians employed by two Iran-based computer firms on charges of hacking into the U.S. financial sector. In 2015, Obama announced sanctions against North Korea for hacking into Sony Pictures. In 2014, the United States charged five Chinese military hackers for economic espionage aimed at U.S. nuclear, metals and solar industries. A senior U.S. official said the administration is considering other retaliatory steps against Russia, but he declined to identify them. Those steps may remain covert, the official said.   The Democratic National Committee publicly disclosed intrusions into its systems in June and held Russia responsible. Leaks of committee emails from pro-transparency group WikiLeaks soon followed, demonstrating what appeared to be favoritism for Clinton over another Democrat, Bernie Sanders, by committee chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz. Wasserman Schultz, a Florida congresswoman, stepped down. In Friday’s statement, the government said disclosures of emails by WikiLeaks and hacking entities known as DCLeaks and Guccifer 2.0 “are consistent with the methods and motivations of Russian-directed efforts”.  WikiLeaks has not identified the source of its leaks and criticized those who have claimed it was Russia. Guccifer 2.0 has identified itself as a Romanian hacker, but U.S. intelligence officials have concluded that Guccifer 2.0 and DCLeaks are both a front for Russian spy units.    politicsNews
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TEXT: U.S. formally accuses Russian hackers of political cyber attacksWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government for the first time on Friday formally accused Russia of a campaign of cyber attacks against Democratic Party organizations ahead of the Nov. 8 presidential election. “We believe, based on the scope and sensitivity of these efforts, that only Russia’s senior-most officials could have authorized these activities,” a U.S. government statement said on Friday about hacking of political groups. “These thefts and disclosures are intended to interfere with the U.S. election process.” U.S. intelligence officials concluded weeks ago that the Russian government was conducting or orchestrating cyber attacks against the Democratic National Committee and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, possibly to disrupt or discredit the election, in which Democrat Hillary Clinton faces Republican Donald Trump. A Kremlin spokesman called the U.S. allegations “nonsense”, the Interfax news agency reported.  On Saturday, the Russian Foreign Ministry said the U.S. accusations lacked any proof and were an attempt by Washington to fan “unprecedented anti-Russian hysteria”. “This whipping up of emotions regarding ‘Russian hackers’ is used in the U.S. election campaign, and the current U.S. administration, taking part in this fight, is not averse to using dirty tricks,” Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Saturday in comments posted on the ministry’s website. The Obama administration’s decision to blame Russia for the attacks is the latest downward turn in U.S. relations with Moscow, which are under strain over Russia’s actions in Syria and Ukraine and in cyberspace. Also on Friday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Russian and Syrian actions in the Syrian civil war, including bombings of hospitals, “beg for” a war crimes investigation. In addition, a U.S. intelligence official said on Friday that Russia was moving short-range nuclear-capable missiles into Kaliningrad, a tiny Russian enclave between Poland and Lithuania, confirming Estonian news reports. Clinton’s campaign chairman, John Podesta, said the public blaming for the hacks left one remaining question of “why Donald Trump continues to make apologies for the Russians”. Trump had previously expressed doubt about Russia’s involvement. In July, he suggested Russia should attempt to retrieve and publish emails from Clinton’s private server.  Trump’s campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Hours after the U.S. government’s accusation was levied, WikiLeaks posted hundreds of emails on its website purportedly hacked from Podesta’s private account. Until Friday, the Obama administration had avoided publicly singling out Russia in connection with the mounting civilian deaths in Syria or the cyber attacks. The statement by the Department of Homeland Security and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence did not blame the Russian government for hacking attempts against state election systems, but said “scanning and probing” of those systems originated in most cases from servers operated by a Russian company. However, a Department of Homeland Security spokesman said U.S. officials had concluded that the hacking attacks or probes of state voter registration systems were “consistent with Russian motivations”. Concern has grown about the reliability of the U.S. voting system as a result of the breach, and Trump has called the system “rigged,” but without providing specific evidence. U.S. intelligence officials have said there is no evidence that voting recording systems have been manipulated.  Identifying Russia as the actor behind the cyber attacks on political organizations falls short of more punitive measures the United States has taken against other countries for cyber intrusions.     Lawmakers of both political parties welcomed the formal accusation. Republican Senator Cory Gardner, chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific and International Cybersecurity, said he planned to introduce sanctions legislation. Earlier this year, a U.S. grand jury indicted seven Iranians employed by two Iran-based computer firms on charges of hacking into the U.S. financial sector. In 2015, Obama announced sanctions against North Korea for hacking into Sony Pictures. In 2014, the United States charged five Chinese military hackers for economic espionage aimed at U.S. nuclear, metals and solar industries. A senior U.S. official said the administration is considering other retaliatory steps against Russia, but he declined to identify them. Those steps may remain covert, the official said.   The Democratic National Committee publicly disclosed intrusions into its systems in June and held Russia responsible. Leaks of committee emails from pro-transparency group WikiLeaks soon followed, demonstrating what appeared to be favoritism for Clinton over another Democrat, Bernie Sanders, by committee chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz. Wasserman Schultz, a Florida congresswoman, stepped down. In Friday’s statement, the government said disclosures of emails by WikiLeaks and hacking entities known as DCLeaks and Guccifer 2.0 “are consistent with the methods and motivations of Russian-directed efforts”.  WikiLeaks has not identified the source of its leaks and criticized those who have claimed it was Russia. Guccifer 2.0 has identified itself as a Romanian hacker, but U.S. intelligence officials have concluded that Guccifer 2.0 and DCLeaks are both a front for Russian spy units.    politicsNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: formally accuses russian hackers political cyber attackswashington reuters the government first time friday formally accused russia campaign cyber attacks democratic party organizations ahead presidential election we believe based scope sensitivity efforts russia officials could authorized activities government statement said friday hacking political groups these thefts disclosures intended interfere election intelligence officials concluded weeks ago russian government conducting orchestration cyber attacks democratic national committee democratic congressional campaign committee possibly disrupt discredit election democrat hillary clinton faces republican donald trump a kremlin spokesman called allegations nonsense internal news agency reported on saturday russian foreign ministry said accusations lacked proof attempt washington fan unprecedented hysteria this whipping emotions regarding russian hackers used election campaign current administration taking part fight averse using dirty tricks deputy foreign minister series ryabkov said saturday comments posted ministry website the obama administration decision blame russia attacks latest downward turn relations moscow strain russia actions syria ukraine cyberspace also friday secretary state john kerry said russian syrian actions syrian civil war including bombings hospitals beg war crimes investigation in addition intelligence official said friday russia moving missiles kaliningrad tiny russian enclave poland lithuania confirming estonia news reports clinton campaign chairman john modesta said public blaming hacks left one remaining question donald trump continues make apologies russian trump previously expressed doubt russia involvement in july suggested russia attempt retrieve publish emails clinton private server trump campaign immediately respond request comment hours government accusation levied wikileaks posted hundreds emails website purportedly hacked modesta private account until friday obama administration avoided publicly singling russia connection mounting civilian deaths syria cyber attacks the statement department homeland security office director national intelligence blame russian government hacking attempts state election systems said scanning probing systems originated cases servers operated russian company however department homeland security spokesman said officials concluded hacking attacks probes state voter registration systems consistent russian motivations concern grown reliability voting system result breach trump called system rigged without providing specific evidence intelligence officials said evidence voting recording systems manipulated identifying russia actor behind cyber attacks political organizations falls short punitive measures united states taken countries cyber intrusions lawmakers political parties welcomed formal accusation republican senator cory gardner chairman senate foreign relations subcommittee east asia pacific international cybersecurity said planned introduce sanctions legislation earlier year grand jury indicted seven iranian employed two computer firms charges hacking financial sector in obama announced sanctions north korea hacking sony pictures in united states charged five chinese military hackers economic espionage aimed nuclear metals solar industries a senior official said administration considering retaliatory steps russia declined identify those steps may remain covert official said the democratic national committee publicly disclosed intrusions systems june held russia responsible leaks committee emails group wikileaks soon followed demonstrating appeared favorites clinton another democrat bernie sanders committee chairwoman debate wasserman schultz wasserman schultz florida congressman stepped in friday statement government said disclosures emails wikileaks hacking entities known clerks guccifer consistent methods motivations efforts wikileaks identified source leaks criticized claimed russia guccifer identified romanian hacker intelligence officials concluded guccifer clerks front russian spy units politicsnews