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The U.S. Justice Department said connected Tuesday (April 7, 2026) it carried retired a court-authorised disruption of a DNS hijacking web controlled by a Russian subject quality unit. The network was operated by Russia’s Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff (GRU) Military Unit 26165, the section said successful a statement.
It added that the GRU utilized routers to facilitate hijacking operations against worldwide targets, including individuals successful military, authorities and captious infrastructure sectors. “GRU actors compromised routers successful the U.S. and astir the world, hijacking them to conduct espionage.
Given the scale of this threat, sounding the alarm wasn’t enough,” said Brett Leatherman, the adjunct manager of the FBI’s Cyber Division.
