Russia espionage operation busted

 Business Insider:

Russian security agents have been using a secret network of corrupted computers to spy on NATO for decades, but the US just busted it open, feds say

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The FBI managed to disrupt a global network of computers that had been compromised by a "sophisticated malware" known as "Snake," the Justice Department said in a statement. To do this, the agency carried out a court-authorized operation to disable Snake on compromised computers by using a tool that instructed the malware to destroy itself.

For nearly two decades, a unit within Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) — successor to the Soviet-era KGB — has used Snake to target and steal sensitive documents from computer systems in dozens of countries across the world, including NATO members, the Justice Department said.
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