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The US is Engaging in a Strategy to Share Intelligence on Russia More Broadly. Is it Worth the Risk?

Posted: February 16th, 2022

By The Cipher Brief

As US and European diplomacy efforts to de-escalate tensions along the Ukraine border — where nearly 130,000 Russian troops have amassed — seem to have little immediate effect, a new battle is emerging in the intelligence world.

The Washington Post reported this week that newly declassified intelligence indicates Russian government hackers are likely positioning themselves inside Ukrainian cyber networks — including military and energy networks — to be able to disrupt them in the event of a Russian assault on Ukraine. 

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