Is This Young Woman The Hacker Who Helped Vladimir Putin's Attempt To Swing The US Election For Trump?

A young Russian woman has been placed on a sanction list by the White House for supposedly helping Vladimir Putin to interfere in the US election.

Alisa Shevchenko is a skilled hacker employed by big businesses to track down weaknesses in their online security.

Her company was a surprise inclusion on a sanctions list released by the US government last week amid paranoia over alleged Russian meddling in Donald Trump's presidential election win.