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US, Britain warn of Russian campaign to hack networks

The US and Britain are warning that Russian government-sponsored hackers are targeting routers and firewalls of computer networks around the world. [Courtesy]

Russian government-sponsored hackers are compromising the key hardware of government and business computer networks like routers and firewalls, giving them virtual control of data flows, Britain and the United States warned Monday.

The operation was "to support espionage, extract intellectual property, maintain persistent access to victim networks and potentially lay a foundation for future offensive operations," Washington and London said in a joint statement.

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