He did, however, caveat that their initial understanding of Russia's activity on Facebook was related more to
traditional cybersecurity concerns, like account hacking, than misinformation and election meddling.
In addition to
cybersecurity concerns coming to the fore, with a global cyber-attack taking the world by surprise, the US continues to crystallise uncertainty with persisting softness in
traditional retail channels as well as lingering issues over Trump's ties with Russia.