In the last week, Russian hackers have become the bogeyman on American media after an enormous hack of tens of thousands of emails from the Democratic National Committee’s computer systems embarrassed the party and led to the resignation of its chairwoman, Debbie Wasserman Schultz. Internet security firm CrowdStrike traced the hack to Russian sources, and while little is known about these attackers, the consensus is that they are linked to Vladimir Putin’s regime.But the hacking scene in Russia is an entanglement of spy networks, cyber-criminals and freelance black hat hackers criminal hackers engaging in various illegal activities peddling …read more
Source: VICE News
