State Dept.: ‘Deeply concerning’ if Russia hacked DNC

Published June 14, 2016 7:42pm ET



The State Department said it would be “deeply concerning” if the Democratic National Committee was the subject of a Russian cyberattack, as the DNC claimed on Tuesday.

“I don’t have any directly knowledge about this case,” State Department spokesman John Kirby said. “But obviously they’re concerning, and if they’re true, it would be a deep concern.”

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