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Leaked Chats Show Alleged Russian Spy Seeking Hacking Tools (securityweek.com)

Posted by msmash on from the closer-look dept.

wiredmikey writes: The leak of an alleged Russian hacker's conversations with a security researcher shows more about the shadowy group of 12 Russian spies indicted by the FBI for targeting the 2016 U.S. election. The researcher, who gave her exchanges with the alleged hacker to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity, said she wasn't pleased to learn she had been corresponding with an alleged Russian spy. But she wasn't particularly surprised either.

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  1. Russian spy? by Train0987 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Since when does a state-sponsored spy need to troll a researcher for hacking tools? This exchange is pretty strong evidence that the person is not a sanctioned "spy".

  2. Re:Reminder: This is not going away. by Train0987 · · Score: 0, Troll

    How is this a "right-wing" voting issue? Which party has always been against voter ID laws and removing the deceased from voter rolls?