Microsoft Promises To Defend World Chess Champion From Russian Hackers (telegraph.co.uk)

"World chess champion Magnus Carlsen has asked Microsoft to protect him against Russian hackers, as he expects to become the target of cyber attacks launched before the match with grandmaster Sergey Karjakin next week," reports Softpedia. An anonymous reader shares more details from The Telegraph: The man dubbed the 'Mozart of chess' has spent months using high-powered chess computers to meticulously prepare moves for his grueling 12-game match against challenger Sergey Karjakin. But any leak of his analysis would hand a significant advantage to Crimean-born Karjakin, the fiercely-patriotic darling of Russian president Vladimir Putin... "The element of surprise is vitally important in chess," explained the Vibeke Hansen, from Microsoft Norway... She said Microsoft Norway will "ensure that he has a safe training environment and secure communication and collaboration tools".

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They're an enemy and you're a traitor

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Russia ARE a boogeyman, they just hacked the Democratic party using fake servers and man in the middle attacks, sent emails though Kremlin propaganda office, and then handed over to Assange for release just prior to an election. It doesn't get anymore boogier than that. CIA has confirmed this.

You ARE being annexed, just the same way other countries have been annexed by Putin.

You really COULD wake up with a Viktor Yanokovych figure in power, who'll stuff his cabinet with pro Russia stooges.

You really COULD lose NATO, and with it the west of Europe with a President, weak on Putin's aggression.

Trump really does has all those Russian assets his son mentioned in 2008, but Trump now denies exist.

I know if you're a genuine Republican these are difficult to face, but he was NEVER the Republican candidate, he just hijacked the Republican ticket.

DO NOT LET PUTIN ANNEX THE USA, the way he annexed the Crimea and nearly got whole of Ukraine with Putin puppet Yanokovych.