“After three months of accusations that Russia is seeking to influence the U.S. presidential election with a cyber-hacking campaign, the U.S. is planning to strike back and send ‘a message’ to Moscow with ‘the greatest impact.’ In an Oct. 16 interview on the NBC show Meet the Press, Vice President Joe Biden said the U.S. retaliation against Russian cyberattacks would be covert. The United States’ two main weapons against such cyber intrusions are sanctions and a reciprocal cyberattack, but sanctions are never covert and of dubious impact. So it seems likely from Biden’s remarks the U.S. is planning a demonstration of cyberspace might.”

Source: US Plans to Retaliate Against Russia’s Cyber-Hacking Campaign With a Hack that Putin Is Sure to Understand – Nextgov.com