Russian hackers used a startup from USA to interfere in the elections of 2016

Another detail in the so-called «Russian business» became known to the journalists Bloomberg.

They told about the new company IFTTT Inc. from San Francisco. Their development allows to publish content on the world wide web automatically if you use the various offers and have access to most modern social networks.

Russian hackers used a startup from USA to interfere in the elections of 2016
Experts in cybersecurity note: in 2017-2018 Russian hackers regularly primeauto software IFTTT. Photo: IFTTT

According to available information, the hackers used the algorithms IFTTT to before the elections in large numbers to send the messages to-fakie. Moreover, in the future the volume of messages sent on social networks through the development of a startup from the USA, only increased.

Experts in cybersecurity note: in 2017-2018 Russian hackers regularly used software IFTTT. According to unconfirmed information, a similar method of influencing the consciousness of the population previously used by Iran.

Representatives IFTTT Inc. claim that their companies do everything possible to resolve the problem. The firm’s management said that such cases are difficult to track, as a rule, such data are generated immediately. However, recently joined the case of the Federal government that has accelerated the progress of «patching holes». Will the representative of the IT industry to eliminate gaps in security, will be announced in the coming months.

Russian hackers used a startup from USA to interfere in the elections of 2016
Develop IFTTT allows you to automatically post content on the Internet using different proposals and most of the social networks. Photo: IFTTT

We will remind that yesterday, on October 19, the U.S. Department of justice filed charges against the citizen of the Russian Federation Elena Husainova. According to the American authorities, 44-year-old woman was the accountant of the project «Lahta».

For funding an aggressive IT organization is Eugene Prigozhin, which acted through controlled companies. The Prosecutor alleges that she is responsible for the money issue, as was engaged in material side of the relationship with hackers.

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