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FBI Announces Operation Masquerade

Federal Bureau of Investigation press briefing · April 16, 2026

Brett Leatherman, head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Cyber Division, announced "Operation Masquerade," a court-authorized technical operation the FBI executed to harden US routers and disrupt Russian GRU DNS-hijacking infrastructure. The FBI said it tested the measures beforehand, collected evidence, and released a PSA with NSA and 15 partner countries.

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