Security News > 2019 > February > Before Elections, US Cut Russian Trolls' Internet Access
2019-02-27 11:18
Mindful of Escalation, American Spies Cautiously Spar with RussiaThe U.S. military curtailed the internet access of an infamous Russian trolling operation around the mid-term elections in November 2018 to stem the spread of noxious disinformation, and also directly contacted some of the troll-factory employees by name, the Washington Post reports.
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