The office of the US Director of National Intelligence on Tuesday said that Russia was “likely” behind a string of hacks identified last month which breached fewer than 10 federal agencies, Reuters reports.
The office and the FBI, the National Security Agency, and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency inside the Department of Homeland Security, in a joint statement quoted by the news agency, said the hackers’ goal appeared to be collecting intelligence, rather than any destructive acts.
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