Senator: Russian cyberattack on US election was even bigger than leaked NSA documents suggest

The Senate Intelligence Committee vice chairman has made it very clear that Russian attacks on the U.S. election system were even more pervasive than leaked National Security Agency documents published by The Intercept revealed.

Sen. Mark Warner, from Virginia, the top democrat on the committee, told USA TODAY Tuesday that the "the extent of the attacks is much broader than has been reported so far."

So that's comforting.

The Intercept published Monday a top secret report that showed how Russian military intelligence officials targeted U.S. elections and used "phishing" emails to infiltrate local government organizations ahead of the presidential election. Read more...