Cybersecurity
US, Allies Dismantle 20-Year Russian Malware Spying Operation
- FBI attributes operation to elite Russian Turla hacking squad
- Hacking operation compromised computers in some 50 countries
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Source: Bloomberg
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The US and allied countries have disrupted a wide-ranging Russian hacking operation that spied on its adversaries over some 20 years, the Justice Department announced.
Law enforcement agencies penetrated a global network of computers infected with malicious software that the US said Russia’s federal intelligence service used to spy on computers in at least 50 countries, including governments belonging to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the Justice Department said Tuesday.