Who are the Russian hackers named by UK government?

UK National Cyber Security Centre says Kremlin masterminded high-profile cyberattacks

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The Moscow Kremlin
(Image credit: 2012 AFP)

The British government has directly accused Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency of being behind a spate of “reckless and indiscriminate cyberattacks” across the world.

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