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West accuses Russian spy agency GRU of widespread cyberattacks

U.S. charges 7 with hacking international agencies

By Associated Press
Published: October 4, 2018, 9:55pm
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This image released Thursday shows hacking equipment belonging to four Russian military intelligence officers. They were expelled from the Netherlands for allegedly trying to hack into the U.N. chemical watchdog agency.
This image released Thursday shows hacking equipment belonging to four Russian military intelligence officers. They were expelled from the Netherlands for allegedly trying to hack into the U.N. chemical watchdog agency. Dutch Defense Ministry Photo Gallery

LONDON — The West unleashed an onslaught of new evidence and indictments Thursday accusing Russian military spies of hacking so widespread that it seemed to target anyone, anywhere who investigates Moscow’s involvement in an array of criminal activities — including doping, poisoning and the downing of a plane.

Russia defiantly denied the charges, neither humbled nor embarrassed by the exceptional revelations on one of the most high-tension days in East-West relations in years.

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