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Malicious Life Podcast: Fancy Bear, Cozy Bear

Written by Malicious Life Podcast | Mar 20, 2018 5:40:00 PM

When representatives from the Democratic National Committee reached out to a silicon valley cybersecurity company, to investigate a potential breach in their computer system, it’s hard to imagine what they might have expected to come of it.

It didn’t take long to discover that something was amiss. Red flags were popping up all over the DNC’s computer servers. This wasn’t some hidden bug--it was a giant, glaring, “DANGER! DANGER!” What unfolded following this single discovery would amount to the grandest plot of international sabotage since the end of the Cold War.