Last month, US officials made a surprisingly direct accusation that the Russian state was responsible for hacking the Democratic party’s servers. Tech analysts have followed the work of Russian hackers known as Fancy Bear and Cozy Bear, believing them to be linked to Russian intelligence agencies. Very little is known about the cyber departments of the Russian intelligence agencies. Russian agencies are limited only by geography, hence a recent law that requires websites such as Facebook and Twitter to move servers for Russian users to Russian soil. He tweeted in June:Hacking is not the only nefarious online activity possibly outsourced by the Russian state.

Source: The Guardian November 01, 2016 15:59 UTC