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triron

(22,240 posts) Fri May 25, 2018, 06:21 PM May 2018

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Guardian: FBI says Russians hacked hundreds of thousands of routers. [View all]

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/may/25/router-hacking-russia-fbi

" In obtaining the court order, the justice department said the hackers involved were in a group called Sofacy that answered to the Russian government.

Sofacy, also known as APT28 and Fancy Bear, has been blamed for many of the most dramatic Russian hacks, including that of the Democratic National Committee during the 2016 US presidential campaign."

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Guardian: FBI says Russians hacked hundreds of thousands of routers. [View all] triron May 2018 OP

voting equipment should be prohibited from internet access nt msongs May 2018 #1

I think most voting equipment is not (normally) connected. triron May 2018 #3

Well, yes, but Turbineguy May 2018 #2

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