Obama's Cybersecurity Adviser Says He's Certain Russians Did NOT Hack Election Results

Stuart Winer : Jun 28, 2017
Times of Israel

"I certainly think that the Russians or anyone else—they certainly didn't change any votes, so that the votes that were cast properly reflect the votes of the American people." -Michael Daniel

(Washington, DC)—[Times of Israel] Former US president Barack Obama's cybersecurity adviser said Wednesday that he was confident Russian hackers were not able to alter voting records during last year's election, and that the outcome was a true reflection of how the American people voted. (Screengrab from video of Michael Daniel, cybersecurity coordinator for US president Barack Obama/Tom Billington/via Times of Israel)

In an interview with Israel's Army Radio, Michael Daniel backed up what US security officials told a Senate committee investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 election, allegedly on behalf of the eventual victor, President Donald Trump.

Daniel, 46, who serves as president of the Cyber Threat Alliance, an international internet security cooperation group, was Obama's cybersecurity coordinator until six months ago, when Trump became president.