UK and US accuse Russia of cyber attack that compromised global networks

Washington and London have detailed how Russian-backed hackers have been compromising network devices around the world since 2015.

• Alexander Pearson (with Reuters and AFP) – DW

The announcement has come amid heightened tensions between the two countries and Russia.

The US and Britain warned on Monday of a Russian government-sponsored cyber attack against internet network infrastructure around the world.

Britain’s National Cyber Security Centre, the US Department of Homeland Security and the FBI issued a joint statement on the attack, which they said began in 2015 and could have laid the…

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