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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office Of The Press Secretary
December 29, 2016
Statement by the President on Actions in Response to Russian Malicious Cyber Activity and Harassment
Today, I have ordered a number of actions in response to the Russian
government's aggressive harassment of U.S. officials and cyber
operations aimed at the U.S. election. These actions follow repeated
private and public warnings that we have issued to the Russian
government, and are a necessary and appropriate response to efforts to
harm U.S. interests in violation of established international norms of
behavior.
All Americans should be alarmed by Russia's actions. In
October, my Administration publicized our assessment that Russia took
actions intended to interfere with the U.S. election process. These data
theft and disclosure activities could only have been directed by the
highest levels of the Russian government. Moreover, our diplomats have
experienced an unacceptable level of harassment in Moscow by Russian
security services and police over the last year. Such activities have
consequences. Today, I have ordered a number of actions in response.
I have issued an executive order that provides additional authority
for responding to certain cyber activity that seeks to interfere with or
undermine our election processes and institutions, or those of our
allies or partners. Using this new authority, I have sanctioned nine
entities and individuals: the GRU and the FSB, two Russian intelligence
services; four individual officers of the GRU; and three companies that
provided material support to the GRU's cyber operations. In addition,
the Secretary of the Treasury is designating two Russian individuals for
using cyber-enabled means to cause misappropriation of funds and
personal identifying information. The State Department is also shutting
down two Russian compounds, in Maryland and New York, used by Russian
personnel for intelligence-related purposes, and is declaring "persona non grata"
35 Russian intelligence operatives. Finally, the Department of Homeland
Security and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are releasing
declassified technical information on Russian civilian and military
intelligence service cyber activity, to help network defenders in the
United States and abroad identify, detect, and disrupt Russia's global
campaign of malicious cyber activities.
These actions are not the sum total of our response to Russia's
aggressive activities. We will continue to take a variety of actions at a
time and place of our choosing, some of which will not be publicized.
In addition to holding Russia accountable for what it has done, the
United States and friends and allies around the world must work together
to oppose Russia's efforts to undermine established international norms
of behavior, and interfere with democratic governance. To that end, my
Administration will be providing a report to Congress in the coming days
about Russia's efforts to interfere in our election, as well as
malicious cyber activity related to our election cycle in previous
elections.
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