US, Britain Blame Russia for Global Cyber Attack

US, Britain Blame Russia for Global Cyber Attack
Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during groundbreaking ceremony of the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant through videolink, at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey April 3, 2018. Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via Reuters
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The United States and Britain on Monday accused Russia of launching cyber attacks on computer routers, firewalls and other networking equipment used by government agencies, businesses and critical infrastructure operators around the globe.

Washington and London issued a joint alert saying the campaign by Russian government-backed hackers was intended to advance spying, intellectual property theft and other “malicious” activities and could be escalated to launch offensive attacks.