US, UK officials blame Russian hackers for hundreds of brute-force attacks

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US, UK officials blame Russian hackers for hundreds of brute-force attacks
Russian spies accused of interfering in the 2016 US presidential election have spent much of the past two years abusing virtual private networks (VPNs) to target hundreds of organisations worldwide, US and British authorities said on Thursday. The governments said in a joint advisory that Unit ...

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