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Why the DarkSide hack reeks of a Kremlin ‘asymmetric’ strike

By Tom Rogan

Published May 10, 2021 5:10pm ET

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Why the DarkSide hack reeks of a Kremlin ‘asymmetric’ strike — Russian military Mi-35 helicopter takes off from the building of the Federal Security Service (FSB, Soviet KGB successor) in Lubyanskaya Square in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Feb. 26, 2016. Russian President Vladimir Putin attended a meeting with top officials of the Federal Security Service on Friday. | (Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP)

Do you want Vladimir Putin to control whether and when you have power?

I ask that question because the compromise of Colonial Pipeline was very likely authorized by the Kremlin.

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