The Central Intelligence Agency has reported that Russia did interfere with the 2016 presidential election. That comes as no surprise to the cybersecurity community, which has seen parts of Russia as a refuge for hackers and cyber criminals.
“I think it’s hugely significant. Frankly, I don’t think it’s surprising either, we should have expected this for a long time,” said Sam Curry, chief product officer at Cybereason, a Boston-based security firm.
Despite the President-elect’s doubts over the CIA’s findings, Curry said that nation states, cyber arms, and ‘hacktivists’ have been at this type of work “for years.”
