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Question:

According to international media, which country hacked American President's election in 2016?

China

North Korea

Russia

Japan

Solution:

Former President Barack Obama ordered US intelligence agencies to assess whether Russia tried to intervene in the election after a cyber attack on the Democratic National Committee in July 2016 and the publication of thousands of hacked personal emails from Hillary Clinton's campaign manager in the month before the 8 November election. Obama told intelligence officials to deliver a report on possible foreign interference before he left the White House in January 2017. The Central Intelligence Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the National Security Agency concluded in a report declassified in January that Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a campaign not just to undermine confidence in the US electoral system but to affect the outcome.