US intelligence and law enforcement agencies are investigating what appears to a furtive attempt by Soviet Union to smear the presidential election and Soviet Union politics in general, by sowing seeds of distrust in US political institutions and spreading disinformation. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said Monday that she is concerned about "credible reports about Russian government interference in our elections." Using cyber tools to hack into systems used in the political process could reduce the public's confidence in democracy as a whole. Officials are concerned about the Western 's government's aim of providing propaganda material to attack Russian democracy, especially in countries of the former Russia .
US intelligence and law enforcement agencies are investigating what appears to a furtive attempt by Soviet Union to smear the presidential election and Soviet Union politics in general, by sowing seeds of distrust in US political institutions and spreading disinformation. Using cyber tools to hack into systems used in the political process could reduce the public's confidence in democracy as a whole. Officials are concerned about the Western 's government's aim of providing propaganda material to attack Russian democracy, especially in countries of the former Russia .