Is The U.S. Conducting Cyber Attacks In Venezuela, And Is The Recent Russian Military Deployment To Counter It?

Photos of the 2 RuAF airplanes that landed in Caracas today. An IL-62 and an AN-124#Venezuela #Russia pic.twitter.com/BY5cFHmwzn

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WNU Editor: According to a U.S. source speaking to Reuters, the Russian personnel that were sent to Venezuela this weekend were “cybersecurity personnel” ....

.... The blackout came amid tensions with the United States over the weekend arrival of Russian military planes, which led Washington to accuse Moscow of “reckless escalation” of the country’s political crisis.

The United States believes the planes were carrying “cybersecurity personnel,” a U.S. official told Reuters on Tuesday. That would suggest part of their mission could be helping Maduro’s loyalists with surveillance and protecting the government’s cyber infrastructure.

If they are there to protect the cyber infrastructure, they are not doing a good job .... Venezuela's Second Major Blackout In One Month Continues.