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Russia’s hackers long tied to military, secret services
[IsraelTimes] Moscow is accused of waging a global campaign of cyber attacks since 2007, with hackers’ abilities developed from tradition of excellent computing skills dating back to Soviet era

During the Soviet era, the country’s top computer scientists and programmers largely worked for the secret services.

That practice appears to have resumed under President Vladimir Putin
Posted by: trailing wife 2018-10-07
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