Russian hackers’ motive for SolarWinds cyberattack baffles US: mere espionage, or worse?

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Russian hackers’ motive for SolarWinds cyberattack baffles US: mere espionage, or worse?

As researchers from Silicon Valley to Washington race to understand the full impact of the massive cyberattack that breached computer networks in the government and private sector, one of their thorniest unanswered questions centres on motive.Already, investigators and government officials have pointed to an elite group of hackers tied to the Russian government and suggested a fairly obvious rationale: that it was an espionage operation aimed at nabbing classified intelligence and other inside…
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