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Russian media have reported that another Federal Security Service (FSB) officer has been arrested on treason charges in a case that may be linked to cyberattacks targeting the U.S. presidential election campaign.

The reports by Rambler News Service on Jan. 26 come a day after the Kommersant newspaper reported that a senior officer of the cyberintelligence department of the FSB – Russia’s lead security agency – had been arrested.

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