How Russia recruited hackers for cyberwar

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How Russia recruited elite hackers for its cyberwar While much about Russia's cyberwarfare program is shrouded in secrecy, details of the government's effort to recruit programmers in recent years are shedding some light on the Kremlin's plan to create elite teams of computer hackers. 2017 has 11 long weekends. Plan holidays already 2016 sucked in terms of holidays. All important ones like Diwali and Christmas fell on a Sunday. But next year will bring us reasons to cheer in the leave department. Here are those blessed dates so that you can plan your vacations well in advance. Vertigo-inducing pictures of the world's highest bridge The world's highest bridge has opened to traffic in China, connecting two provinces in the mountainous southwest and reducing travel times by as much as three-quarters. Hello aliens finally, can we talk now? A major programme to speak to aliens has been launched. We are going ahead with the plan despite warnings that it could lead to the destruction of humanity. 6 ways to make the most of your old smartphone Got a new smartphone but not sure on what to do with your old device? Here are 6 ways to make the most of your old smartphone instead of discarding it. A look back at the best IT jobs of 2016 US-based career portal CareerCast recently released a list of '10 Best IT and Engineering jobs'. Here's the best jobs in IT as per CareerCast's 2016 Jobs Rated Report.

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