Putin’s ‘Asymmetric’ Arsenal Presages More Hacking Attacks

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Anatoly Antonov, Russia's ambassador to the U.S., says Moscow wants to stabilize relations with Washington.(Source: Bloomberg)

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By Henry Meyer

July 7, 2021 at 4:26 PM UTC

Updated on

July 8, 2021 at 8:18 AM UTC

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U.S. President Joe Biden said he gave his Russian counterpart a tough message on the need to stop cyberattacks when they met in Geneva last month. Vladimir Putin said he couldn’t agree more.

But less than a month later, hackers from Russian military intelligence were breaching the computers of the U.S. Republican National Committee, Bloomberg News reported Tuesday.