Russian hackers co-ordinated with military, claims US report

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Cyber attacks on Georgia were co-ordinated closely with Russia's five-day campaign in August 2008, claims technical report

Attacks originated in Russia Russian cyber attacks against Georgia a year ago were conducted in close connection with Russian criminal gangs, and used US identities and software tools, according ...

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