January 6, 2017 5:25 PM

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US identifies agents behind Russian hacking

The US has claimed it has identified the Russian agents behind alleged hacking ahead of the presidential election won by Donald Trump in November. Reports said the agents, whose names have not been released, are alleged to have sent stolen Democratic emails to WikiLeaks to try to swing the vote for Mr Trump. Russia denies any involvement and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said Moscow was not the source. Intelligence officials are due to brief Mr Trump, who doubts the claims, later. Vice-President Joe Biden lambasted the President-elect yesterday for attacking the intelligence community over the claims, saying it was absolutely mindless not to have faith in the agencies.<br/><br/>Mr Biden said he had read a US intelligence agencies report outlining Russian involvement, the details of which are starting to emerge in US media. They had also identified go-betweens who delivered stolen Democratic emails to the Wikileaks website, sources said, without providing further details. An unclassified version of the report will be made public next week.

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