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Russia allegedly hack Asian, Western firms

TOKYO, Japan - The former KGB headquarters in Moscow is photographed in October 2011. The Russian government has been linked to cyber attacks on Asian, American and European companies for alleged economic gains, according to a report released in January 2014 by CrowdStrike Inc., a U.S. cybersecurity firm. An expert said persons connected to the Soviet KGB are suspected to be involved in cyber crimes.

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GULAG David Keith as Mickey Almon being arrested by the KGB Date: 1985

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Opening the KGB Archives, Andriy Kohut

The results of six months of work of Ukrainian, Czech, Slovak and Polish journalists with declassified documents of KGB and other Soviet and communist services were presented in Prague, Czech Republic, December 13, 2018. Andriy Kohut, director of the historical archives of Ukraineｴs SBU security service speaks during the meeting.(CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

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Opening the KGB Archives, Ondrej Matejka

The results of six months of work of Ukrainian, Czech, Slovak and Polish journalists with declassified documents of KGB and other Soviet and communist services were presented in Prague, Czech Republic, December 13, 2018. The deputy director of the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes Ondrej Matejka speaks during the session. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

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Opening the KGB Archives, Jevhen Perebyjnis, Volodymyr Viatrovych

The results of six months of work of Ukrainian, Czech, Slovak and Polish journalists with declassified documents of KGB and other Soviet and communist services were presented in Prague, Czech Republic, December 13, 2018. Director of the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance Volodymyr Viatrovych during the meeting. At right is Ukraine Ambassador in the Czech Republic Jevhen Perebyjnis speaks during the meeting - Deconstruction KGB archives for media. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

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Opening the KGB Archives, Ondrej Matejka, Volodymyr Viatrovych

The results of six months of work of Ukrainian, Czech, Slovak and Polish journalists with declassified documents of KGB and other Soviet and communist services were presented in Prague, Czech Republic, December 13, 2018. At left is the deputy director of the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes Ondrej Matejka and at right is Director of the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance Volodymyr Viatrovych. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

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Opening the KGB Archives, Volodymyr Viatrovych

The results of six months of work of Ukrainian, Czech, Slovak and Polish journalists with declassified documents of KGB and other Soviet and communist services were presented in Prague, Czech Republic, December 13, 2018. Director of the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance Volodymyr Viatrovych speaks during the meeting. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

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Opening the KGB Archives, Jevhen Perebyjnis, Volodymyr Viatrovych

The results of six months of work of Ukrainian, Czech, Slovak and Polish journalists with declassified documents of KGB and other Soviet and communist services were presented in Prague, Czech Republic, December 13, 2018. Director of the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance Volodymyr Viatrovych speaks during the meeting. At right is Ukraine Ambassador in the Czech Republic Jevhen Perebyjnis. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

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Opening the KGB Archives, Jevhen Perebyjnis, Volodymyr Viatrovych

The results of six months of work of Ukrainian, Czech, Slovak and Polish journalists with declassified documents of KGB and other Soviet and communist services were presented in Prague, Czech Republic, December 13, 2018. Director of the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance Volodymyr Viatrovych speaks during the meeting. At right is Ukraine Ambassador in the Czech Republic Jevhen Perebyjnis. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

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Putin's ID card issued by Stasi secret police found in Germany

Photo taken Dec. 11, 2018, shows a copy of German newspaper Bild reporting on the discovery of an ID card (upper R) issued by East Germany's Stasi secret police in the 1980s for then Russian KGB agent Vladimir Putin. The current Russian president is said to have been posted at a KGB branch in East Germany for about five years from 1985. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo