US blacklists Russian firms tied to FSB hacking ops

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http://l2.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/_YOSn1.0fWZsATjap56dVw--/YXBwaWQ9eXRhY2h5b247aD04Njt3PTEzMDs-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/31881934f7b00465af11e00289a756bedb318c6b.jpg (https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-blacklists-russian-firms-tied-fsb-hacking-ops-155504836.html)The United States placed five Russian companies and three individuals on its sanctions blacklist Monday for allegedly supporting the FSB intelligence agency's hacking operations, including a firm involved in subsea operations. The US Treasury named Digital Security and two subsidiaries as helping develop offensive cyber capabilities for Russian intelligence services, including the already-sanctioned FSB. The Kvant Scientific Research Institute was also included on the blacklist, as a state enterprise supervised by the FSB.



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