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Russian Hackers Suspected Of Sweden Cyber Attack

The Akira hacker group is suspected of carrying out the cyber attack in Sweden (Credit: AFP)

Online services at some Swedish government agencies and shops have been disrupted in a ransomware attack believed to have been carried out by a Russian hacker group, IT consultancy Tietoevry said.

The Swedish-Finnish group, which provides online security systems, said the problem could take weeks to fix.

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