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'Patriotic hackers' attacking on behalf of Mother Russia
Fox News ^ | January 17, 2016 | Matthew Dean, Catherine Herridge

Posted on 01/17/2016 10:23:38 AM PST by Navy Patriot

A proxy war is underway in cyberspace, according to I.T. security analysts, and it is pitting numerous foreign institutions against Russian-speaking cyber militias beholden to President Vladimir Putin.

As has been evidenced by a steady wave of sophisticated cyberattacks targeting nation states and private sector organizations whose policies run counter to that of Moscow, Fox News is told groups of patriotic Eastern European hackers are using cyberattacks as a means to achieve Russia's geopolitical goals.

Intelligence sources with knowledge of these cyberattacks tell Fox News the cyber militias are acting on behalf of the Putin regime. Furthermore, Fox is told security analysts have found evidence that Russian government-linked individuals have distributed cyberattack tools to these groups via underground web forums.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: russiannavypatriot
Interesting.
1 posted on 01/17/2016 10:23:38 AM PST by Navy Patriot
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2 posted on 01/17/2016 10:37:18 AM PST by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING ’VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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This is a CIA/MI6/NATO crap story.


3 posted on 01/17/2016 10:41:03 PM PST by Yollopoliuhqui
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