Sec. Nielsen on 2016 US election interference: 'It was the Russians'

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• Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen backed up US intelligence findings on interference in the 2016 US presidential election Tuesday, saying "it was the Russians."
• Speaking at a cybersecurity conference, Nielsen offered a sharp condemnation of Russian hacking and cybersecurity threats as a chief concern of the department.
• Nielsen's comments come two weeks after President Donald Trump earned harsh blowback for failing to hold Russia accountable for election interference at a joint press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki.

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Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen backed up US intelligence findings on interference in the 2016 US presidential election Tuesday, saying "it was the Russians."

Nielsen was speaking at the department's Cybersecurity Summit in New York when she warned about the threat of cyber attacks, which she said put "our democracy itself in the crosshairs."

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