The United States' Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is allegedly planning cyber attacks against Russia. The move comes in response to recent attacks by hackers in Russia, targeting the American presidential election.

The details of the CIA's plans have not been revealed. However, it is believed that the cyber attacks will be designed to "embarrass" Russia's leadership.

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According to NBC News, the CIA has already started picking out targets for the attack. Last week, the US formally blamed Russia for cyber attacks on the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and the Democratic National Committee (DNC).

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the Department of Homeland Security issued a statement claiming that the methods used by the likes of WikiLeaks and the Guccifer 2.0 are in line with the various tactics used by Russia. The statement said that there are reasons to believe that the attacks may have been authorized by "Russia's senior-most officials."

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton claims that Russia is trying to help Donald Trump to defeat her. However, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that the most important thing is the content of leaks, and not who carried it out. He claims that Russia does not have any vested interest in the hacks and that the allegations against Moscow are being made "to divert the attention of the American people from the essence of what was exposed."

Earlier this year, hackers operating under the pseudonym of Guccifer 2.0 hacked the DNC's computer system and leaked 20,000 emails. The leak revealed donor data and personal information.

Meanwhile, Wikileaks has questioned the credibility of reports about the purported CIA revenge attacks.