Two Russian FSB officers have been accused of directing and paying freelance hackers to break into Yahoo’s network and others. The U.S. government may be motivated by an aim to send “messages both to the Russian government and other governments about what’s permissible and what’s not permissible,” says Nathaniel Gleicher. Russia may only be realizing now that using freelance hackers would eventually turn an unwanted spotlight on its intelligence-gathering activities, he says. The New York Times reported earlier this week that Evgeniy M. Bogachev, the alleged hacker and Gameover botnet mastermind, was working for Russian intelligence.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/blogs/outsourcing-cyberespionage-landed-russia-in-trouble-p-2420