Russians pulled off ‘stunning’ breach of FBI communications

By Caitlin Yilek

Published September 16, 2019 4:01pm ET

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Russians pulled off ‘stunning’ breach of FBI communications — In this Dec. 30, 2016, file photo, a fence encloses an estate in the village of Upper Brookville in the town of Oyster Bay, N.Y., on Long Island. Resolving a dispute over Russian diplomatic compounds the U.S. seized last year could help repair relations between Washington and Moscow. | (Alexander F. Yuan/AP)

Some of the Russian diplomats expelled by the Obama administration in 2016 played a role in an operation that breached FBI communications, according to a bombshell report.

American officials learned the Russians had the ability to decrypt some types of communications and had tracked devices used by elite FBI surveillance teams, Yahoo News reported Monday.

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