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How the Russian government used disinformation and cyber warfare in 2016 election – an ethical hacker explains

  • Written by Timothy Summers, Director of Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Engagement, College of Information Studies, University of Maryland
How the Russian government used disinformation and cyber warfare in 2016 election – an ethical hacker explainsOutside forces pushed the American people farther apart.Delpixel/Shutterstock.com

The Soviet Union and now Russia under Vladimir Putin have waged a political power struggle against the West for nearly a century. Spreading false and distorted information – called “dezinformatsiya” after the Russian word for...

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