'Let's "Move On" Folks, Nothing To 'See' Here'
'Oh come On people, we should "move on with our lives", what's a 'little' hacking got to do with Me being your new 'King'? Russia is our 'friend', and Vlad is my new BFF-FWB, and I will simply have No one speaking Ill of him. I say right to the camera, through one of my 'spokes persons', 'Stop it, just Stop it!' Vlad 'assures' me that he knows absolutly 'nothing' about this so called, and I remind you, 'alledged', hacking of o...ur Voting system, nor of this alledged hacking of the Vermont utility station. Let's just pretend that None of this actually ever 'happened' , which I'm told by my friend Vlad that it 'never' actually Did, and just let me pretend to be the Already 'greatest' reality show President Ever! Really! Right Vlad...Vlad...Vlad, are you There Vlad...rats, my computor just
'froze ' up......Vlad...??' 
'Oh come On people, we should "move on with our lives", what's a 'little' hacking got to do with Me being your new 'King'? Russia is our 'friend', and Vlad is my new BFF-FWB, and I will simply have No one speaking Ill of him. I say right to the camera, through one of my 'spokes persons', 'Stop it, just Stop it!' Vlad 'assures' me that he knows absolutly 'nothing' about this so called, and I remind you, 'alledged', hacking of o...ur Voting system, nor of this alledged hacking of the Vermont utility station. Let's just pretend that None of this actually ever 'happened' , which I'm told by my friend Vlad that it 'never' actually Did, and just let me pretend to be the Already 'greatest' reality show President Ever! Really! Right Vlad...Vlad...Vlad, are you There Vlad...rats, my computor just
'froze ' up......Vlad...??'
'Russia hacking code' found on Vermont utility computer
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An electrical company in the US state of Vermont says it has found malware code allegedly used by Russian hackers on one of its company laptops.
The Burlington Electric Department said it had taken "immediate action to isolate" the computer, which was not connected to the electrical grid. The government alerted them to the "Grizzly Steppe" code on Thursday.
The same day, the US expelled 35 Russian diplomats over alleged Russian interference in November's election.
Moscow has denied any involvement in the hacking of the Democratic party and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.
On Friday, US President-elect Donald Trump praised Russian President Vladimir Putin for not expelling American diplomats in a tit-for-tat response.
Diplomatic spat goes undiplomatic
Can the hack be traced to Russia?
The Burlington company said it was "working with federal officials to trace this malware and prevent any other attempts to infiltrate utility systems".
It has also briefed state officials and vowed to fully support the investigation.
Image copyrightAPAccording to the news website, US authorities were unclear why Russian hackers might have targeted the grid.
"The incursion may have been designed to disrupt the utility's operations or as a test to see whether they could penetrate a portion of the grid," it added.
'Systemic, relentless, predatory'
Politicians in Vermont, including the Democrat Governor, Peter Shumlin, are calling for a full investigation into the incident."Vermonters and all Americans should be both alarmed and outraged that one of the world's leading thugs, [Russian President] Vladimir Putin, has been attempting to hack our electric grid, which we rely upon to support our quality-of-life, economy, health, and safety," he said in a statement.
Democratic congressman Peter Welch said the discovery showed "how rampant Russian hacking is".
"It's systemic, relentless, predatory," he added.
US officials believe Russia was behind the hacking of Ukraine's electrical grid in December 2015, which plunged parts of the country into darkness and left about 225,000 people without power.
Experts said it was the first known power outage caused by a cyber attack.
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