Russian FSB Busts Foreign Intelligence Malware Operation Targeting Top Officials

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Russian FSB Busts Foreign Intelligence Malware Operation Targeting Top Officials

Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) has uncovered a foreign intelligence operation that used malicious software to infiltrate smartphones belonging to high-ranking Russian officials, the service announced.

The malware was designed to:

▪extract data;

▪eavesdrop on conversations;

▪covertly monitor the situation.

The FSB has opened a criminal case for illegal access to computer information and the distribution of malicious software.

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