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The hack into a Ukraine military app has reinforced claims the cyber unit known as “Fancy Bear” has a direct Kremlin link. It also reinforces US intelligence reports linking the Kremlin to cyber attacks in the US.

New evidence the Russian military targeted Ukrainian artillery units in eastern Ukraine by using an infected Ukrainian Android smartphone app has reinforced US intelligence conclusions that Russian security units also hacked into the Democratic National Committee (DNC) in the run-up to last month’s US presidential election.

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