Russia hacked encrypted FBI radio communications

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Outdated radio systems used to track agents on US soil believed to have been compromised by an insider

Russian intelligence hacked encrypted FBI radio communications over a period of six years, according to an in-depth report published today. The compromise started in around 2011, according to th...

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