The Marketization of Russian Intelligence

How the GRU outsourced sabotage to criminals, gig-workers, and middlemen

The following text formed the basis of a talk I gave on July 14 at the Crested Butte Public Policy Forum. It attempts to tie together several recent investigations conducted by my team at The Insider, demonstrating the evolving nature of Russian intelligence operations. -MW

Unit 29155's hacking department

For the past decade, Western governments, journali…