Experts aren't surprised by this convergence. They say hiring elite criminal hackers has allowed Russian intelligence agencies like the FSB and the GRU (Russia's military intelligence arm) both to improve their foreign espionage capabilities and keep potentially rogue hackers under government control.
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The Yahoo hack is the clearest sign yet that Russia has merged criminal hacking with a larger mission
Two Russian Federal Security Service officers were indicted for what the Justice Department said amounted to directing and facilitating a massive hack on Yahoo.
Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, March 16, 2017.
As LSergei Mikhailov, the deputy head of, and MajorDmitry Dokuchaev, a highly skilled hacker who had been recruited by the FSB — on treason charges in December offers a glimpse into "
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