According to several press reports, which you will have a hard time finding since they are all pushed to the back pages since the Director of the FBI was fired yesterday, Admiral Rogers said U.S intelligence had warned the French there were Russians getting information from the election in France. Since the Macron campaign said the same thing, that pretty well confirms that it was the Russians, as I said in a previous post. No surprise there.
I doubt that this is going to go over very well in any of Europe's political circles, nor are they going to forget that it was the Russians. They are overstepping their bounds, and doing it recklessly. That will come back to bite them one day. Political Warfare is recognized as a part of countries trying to sell a particular form of government over another, but this campaign of the Russians is way beyond anything we have ever seen before. They are spending a lot of time and resources on it. They must believe that it is getting them a return that makes that investment worth while, but I am still at a loss to see how.
We need to start soon collecting some allies in the cyber operations of the Russians. The first need is for a deterrent capability that is credible. The Russian activity is in-your-face and trying to undermine Democratic institutions. It has to stop. It will have repercussions long after it is over.
What makes the Russians think they can get away with it? Are they so confident in their technical ability that it makes them think they can continue to interfere in the politics of other countries without any consequences? The French are a pretty capable group in cyber operations. So are the Americans. Taking on the most capable of the world's cyber operations forces sounds like they are up for a fight. They may find out that is not a fight that is in their best interests.
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