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How one of Vladimir Putin’s most prized hacking units got pwned by the FBI

Getty Images reader comments 26 with FBI officials on Tuesday dropped a major bombshell: After spending years monitoring exceptionally stealthy malware that one of the Kremlin’s most advanced hacker units had installed on hundreds of computers around the world, agents unloaded a payload that caused the malware to disable itself. The counter hack took aim… Read More »

SolarWinds malware has “curious” ties to Russian-speaking hackers

reader comments 25 with 16 posters participating Share this story The malware used to hack Microsoft, security company FireEye, and at least a half-dozen federal agencies has “interesting similarities” to malicious software that has been circulating since at least 2015, researchers said on Monday. Sunburst is the name security researchers have given to malware that… Read More »