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Re:Hackers breach FSB contractor, expose Tor deanonymization... by dmix on Saturday July 20, 2019 @03:16PM (#20487710)
Probably a way to avoid the massive leak of the names of intel officers when that US gov employment database got leaked. The note about operating outside of the standard state IT network is the obvious indicator.

Part of their job is counter intelligence not just offensive.

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Re:Hackers breach FSB contractor, expose Tor deanonymization... by jwieczorek on Saturday July 20, 2019 @03:30PM (#20487793)
Counter intelligence is FSB's pretty much the only job. If they do intelligence, it's in CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) countries such as Belarus or Kazakhstan. It's SVR and GRU that are Russia's intelligence agencies.
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Re:Hackers breach FSB contractor, expose Tor deanonymization... by dmix on Saturday July 20, 2019 @03:31PM (#20487803)
Right, same with deanonyming Tor. That’s only useful for catching people/software trying to hide themselves which is more counter intelligence than purely offensive.
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