phising. it targets those afailuated with dccc and dnc. they alter the appearance in order to make it look like the e-mail was a security notification from google, a technique known as spoofing instructing the user to change his or this her password. at an event an hour after this indictment was announced the director of national intelligence dan coats warned of the russian risk. >> focusing on the potential impact of these actions on our midterm elections misses the more important point. these actions are persistent. they are pervasive and they are meant to undermine america's democracy on a daily basis.