(MENAFN) A federal grand jury has charged 12 Russian intelligence officers with hacking Democratic Party computer networks in 2016, the most detailed US accusation yet that Moscow interfered in the presidential election to help Republican Donald Trump.
The indictment, which alleges a wide-ranging scheme involving sophisticated hacking and staged releases of documents, raises the stakes for a summit next week between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The indictment said that officers of Russia's military intelligence agency, the GRU, secretly monitored computers of Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton's campaign and Democratic campaign committees, and stole large amounts of data.
Deputy US Attorney General said: "In addition to releasing documents directly to the public, the defendants transferred stolen documents to another organisation, not named in the indictment, and discussed timing the release of the documents in an attempt to enhance the impact on the election."
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