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Kremlin's new cyber weapons spark fears, fantasies

Accusations that Moscow is meddling in Western domestic affairs have heightened concerns over Russian hackers, trolls and state-controlled media, causing widespread panic

Published Mon, Dec 18, 2017 · 09:50 PM
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FROM US President Donald Trump's election to Brexit and the Catalan crisis, accusations that the Kremlin is meddling in Western domestic affairs have heightened fears over Russian hackers, trolls and state-controlled media.

While the first accusations against Moscow came following a 2016 hack attack on the US Democratic Party's servers, they rapidly multiplied after Mr Trump's election, revealing a whole range of tools used by the Kremlin to serve its interests.

Fears initially centred on mysterious Russian hackers w…

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