Are We Headed for a 'Cyber Cuban Missile Crisis' with Russia?

Are We Headed for a ‘Cyber Cuban Missile Crisis’ with Russia?

Posted: June 5th, 2018

By Suzanne Kelly

Suzanne Kelly is CEO and Publisher of The Cipher Brief

Bottom Line: The risk posed to U.S. national security by what are believed to be Russian-backed hacking groups, is similar to the October 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis according to Cipher Brief Experts, but different, in that the U.S. has no clear and obvious deterrent this time around.

Recent Developments: The FBI recently forced its way between a hacking group known as ‘Sofacy’ – believed to be linked to the Russian military – and the unwitting owners of more than half a million wireless routers. Armed with a court order, The Bureau seized control of a broad network of infected routers as well as the domain it believed was serving as the command and control infrastructure of a world-wide botnet.

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