Russia is particularly aggressive when trying to hide its cybercrimes, meaning the U.S. may never know if the country is behind the leak of 20,000 emails from the Democratic National Committee, experts say.

Russia is the only country to face accusations of using a “false flag,” or a contrived persona, to mask responsibility for malicious cyberactivity.

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