26-11-2017 22:19 via rss.slashdot.org

FBI Failed To Notify 70+ US Officials Targeted By Russian Hackers

An anonymous reader quotes the AP:
The FBI failed to notify scores of U.S. officials that Russian hackers were trying to break into their personal Gmail accounts despite having evidence for at least a year that the targets were in the Kremlin's crosshairs, The Associated Press has found. Nearly 80 interviews with Americans targeted by Fancy Bear, a Russian government-aligned cyberespionage group, turned up only two cases in which the FBI had provided a heads-up. Even senior policymakers discover
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