How regular citizens got caught in the crossfire of a US-Russia cyberwar

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How regular citizens got caught in the crossfire of a US-Russia cyberwar

(CNN)An online war is being waged all around us — and citizens are caught in its crossfire.

Three recent incidents have revealed this usually hidden cyberwarfare at work. A joint statement from UK and Dutch authorities has revealed that four Russian GRU agents had been expelled from the Netherlands after they’d attempted to hack the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt issued a statement on Thursday identifying Russian intelligence as the controlling body behind multiple cyberattacks by supposedly independent hacking groups.