The Trump Administration Is Deprioritizing Russia as a Cyber Threat

In the last week, the US has softened its stance on the cyberthreats presented by Russia, with the US State Department’s Liesyl Franz expressing more concern about digital attacks from China and Iran, and a memo from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency not mentioning any focus on Russia.
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It was revealed this week that an Italian priest, who works with a migrant-rescue group and is close to the Pope, had his phone hacked with spyware from Israeli-based Paragon.
It follows the revelation that the founder of Mediterranea Saving Humans and an Italian reporter also had their phones hacked.
The string of incidents has raised questions about who is responsible and the Italian government has denied being involved.

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