Obama used a cybersecurity link for the first time to warn Russia
(Updated: January 7, 2017) Shortly before the recent US presidential election, a dedicated cybersecurity hotline with Moscow was used by president Obama to warn the Russian government not to interfere with the election process through hacking operations. Press reports compared the cybersecurity with the "Red Phone", which many people believe is used on the Hotline between Washington and Moscow. That's not true, and also Obama's message seems not to have been transmitted by phone, but through an e-mail channel which is maintained by the Nuclear Risk Reduction Center (NRRC). The Nuclear Risk Reduction Center (NRRC) at the US State Department, which also maintains the cybersecurity communications link between US and Russian Computer Emergency Readiness Teams (screenshot from a State Department video) Obama's message The fact that on October 31, US president Obama sent the Russians a direct message through the cyber channel was first reported on December 16. Three d...
