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Russian Hackers Read Obama’s Unclassified Emails, Officials Say

Posted on April 26, 2015 by Dissent

Michael S. Schmidt and David E. Sanger report:

Some of President Obama’s email correspondence was swept up by Russian hackers last year in a breach of the White House’s unclassified computer system that was far more intrusive and worrisome than has been publicly acknowledged, according to senior American officials briefed on the investigation.

Read more on The New York Times.


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