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Exclusive: FBI Seizes Control of Russian Botnet
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The FBI operation targets a piece of sophisticated malware linked to the same Russian hacking group that hit the Democratic National Committee in 2016.
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Sr. National Security Correspondent
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May 23 2018
6:25PM EDT
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