First, the U.S. intelligence community formally announced that "the Russian Government directed" the theft of e-mails from the Democrats and named WikiLeaks as one of the entities used by the Russians to distribute the stolen material.
In October 2016, weeks ahead of the presidential vote, Obama administration officials issued a statement saying the Russian government had directed the theft of emails from American citizens and political organizations, a reference to the hackings of the Democratic National Committee and John D. Podesta, Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman.
U.S. prosecutors are building potential cases that would accuse North Korea of directing the theft of $81 million from Bangladesh Bank's account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York last year, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.
In October, for instance, the director of national intelligence and the Department of Homeland Security put out a statement saying they were "confident" that the Russian government directed the hacking, adding that "these thefts and disclosures are intended to interfere with the U.S. election process".
As López Obrador began his crackdown on fuel theft this week, he directed the government to shift the transportation of petroleum away from pipelines, an attempt to protect the many gallons stolen by men using hammers and buckets.
Congress has directed the FTC to establish a centralized database to receive all allegations of identity theft and to provide victims with information to help resolve problems with identity theft.
"You have to come on the set saying 'the camera goes there".' Referring to a 1977 film, he said: "When Ron Howard, then a young actor, directed 'Grand Theft Auto' for us, the first day on the set, I spoke to him about preparing.
In response to questions from lawmakers, Rogers said China's government actively encouraged and sometimes directed theft of U.S. commercial and trade data as well as government secrets.
Their rallying cry was, "Bring the one billion back home!" The majority of those protesters will not have been direct victims of the theft.
Some of this critique was rightly directed at literal cultural theft — the pilfering of art and artifacts by colonial powers — or glaring injustices, such as white entertainers in the pre-civil rights years profiting off black musical styles while black performers' careers were hobbled by racism.
"These data theft and disclosure activities could only have been directed by the highest levels of the Russian government," Obama said on Thursday.
