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Obama to Putin: Stop Hacking Me

Make It Stop

The U.S. is calling out Russia for a “dramatic rise” in cyber espionage against America. It’s part of a veiled threat to the Kremlin: We know what you’re doing online.

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Ever since the U.S. government hit Russia with economic sanctions last year, Russian hackers have started new cyberspying campaigns to steal information from U.S. government agencies and corporations, according to current and former American intelligence officials and cybersecurity experts.

Now, American officials are fighting back—by outing the hackers and issuing what...

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