Obama: ‘Public shaming’ won’t deter Russia from future cyberattacks

Published December 16, 2016 8:25pm ET

President Obama said Friday that publicly shaming Russia for interfering in the 2016 presidential election is unlikely to deter that country from carrying out further cyberattacks on the United States.

Speaking to reporters at the last White House press conference of his presidency, Obama said that strategy won’t work because Russian President Vladimir Putin has continued to deny any involvement in hack-and-release operations that occurred during the most recent election cycle.