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Did Monkey Videos Help Russian Hackers Access President Obama's Email? - Fortune

April 27, 2015

Did Monkey Videos Help Russian Hackers Access President Obama's Email? - Fortune

Fortune, by Robert Hackett

Turns out the White House’s hacking may have involved more than a little monkey business.

When hackers breached the White House’s unclassified computer network in October, they got hold of of more information than was initially reported, unnamed officials told the New York Times. And they may have done so with the help of viral ape videos—literally viral, as they infected users’ machines. Read more.

Did Monkey Videos Help Russian Hackers Access President Obama's Email? - Fortune

Did Monkey Videos Help Russian Hackers Access President Obama's Email? - Fortune
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