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Russia Hacks Its Way to “the High Ground of the Internet”

Russia Hacks Its Way to “the High Ground of the Internet”

This article has been updated to include comments from Cipher Brief experts.

On Monday, the U.S. and UK jointly blamed Moscow for cyber intrusions into the backbone of the internet – the routers and switches that are the gateway for internet access in major corporations and your home office.

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