An improved version of the Mirai Botnet caused serious connectivity problems to at least 900,000 routers of the Deutsche Telekom. German politicians fear possible interference of Russian nation-state hackers with the 2017 German election. The new president of German intelligence service, the BND, said he had indications that the hacks came from certain quarters, namely Russia. The alleged Russian interference in the US Presidential election is unleashing a domino effect and insinuating the fear in governments.”]
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