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The FBI silently removed Russian malware to thwart global cyberattacks
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8th April 2022, 06:49
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| [M] Reviewer  Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania
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 |  The FBI silently removed Russian malware to thwart global cyberattacks Attorney General Merrick B. Garland has revealed that the United States secretly removed malware from computer networks around the world over the past few weeks to pre-empt Russian cyberattacks. As The New York Times reports, Garland's announcement comes shortly after the White House warned companies that Russia could attack critical infrastructure in the country, such as financial institutions and the electric grid. Apparently, the malware the US removed enabled the intelligence arm of the Russian military called the GRU to create botnets out of the infected computer networks. https://www.engadget.com/fbi-removed...6.html?src=rss |
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